rein them in
when birds quest for food
emus win
The Emus at Tower Hill are top of the pecking order when it comes to food. This Game reserve near Warrnambool and Port Fairy in Western Victoria Australia is a series of puzzles.
First it is one of 2 examples in the world of a volcano that has re exploded and blown itself to pieces. There is a huge inner area surrounded by the rim of the volcano, there are large waterways enclosed within this rim and a central peak like an island. Known as a nested maar it is the largest extinct volcano in Victoria. This makes it rare.
Secondly a succession of state governments have invested in the re vegetation and restocking of native fauna in this reserve. You would expect them to be safe.
People would expect to discover this park would be a national park or even a heritage site given the geological rarity. But it is not.
But no, this place is a state game reserve which means every year the state government allows people, (basically men) with guns to come here in the duck season and blast this peaceful place in their pursuit of killing ducks.
The duck season is a hang over from the colonial past when men with guns could freely shoot and and try to kill living creatures, usually ducks.
Why people want to have guns and shoot to kill living animals intrigues me. I think basically it is license to practice the art of psychopathy.
This is my contribution to RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 98 Rein & Quest where you can read haiku by gifted poets from all over the world by clicking on
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