Doug, the little Koala - didnt make it.

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Hi Ray,

I know every ones got different opinions and Yes they didnt blow up a building but Killing a Koala cant even be described as sport. Their wild population is struggling and someone goes and kills another.

Killing Feral cats is necessary as it tries to control (with not a lot of success) they terrible impact they do on our native wildlife. Roo's are in plaque proportions in some areas and the damage they do to crops fences etc can only seen to be believed. Where I life we regularly kill sheep (every 4 months or so) for the table.

I dont do a lot of shooting nowdays but when I was, you would have an obligation to ensure what you did shoot was dead and not suffering. This koala was left to endure days on days of agony.

I don't understand the line about the coloured people but i hope it wasnt a racist remark.

Cheers Wilko

Yeah i suspected that much, probably some bored kids who thought it would be fun to shoot at animals, including those harmless koalas.

I worry what the world will be like in 20 years when those kids grown up to have kids.....need i say more?!

Thats the world we live in. We share oxygen with these maggots.

On a softer not, could you clear up what a slug gun is please? Its not just an air rifle is it?

Yep, an air rifle.

Slug Gun, I think, is slang.


Cheers......Lionel.

Thanks Lionel

Yes, a 0.177 calibre air rifle, made in China by the billions, I bought mine off the shelf from a disposal in Elizabeth when I was 16 I think, circa 1982 or thereabouts. You'd use those small lead coloured pieces of metal that either had a pointy end or a dull end - thus slug.

As opposed to my ball bearing shooting BB gun, which took the gold ball bearings.

Sadly that air rifle, which killed thousands of toads, was listed as a licensed weapon by my dad, even though he didn't buy it :-( and handed in for destruction when he handed in his gun license.

Air rifle, well they aint illegal. Got one sitting right here, .177 aswell. Where abouts are they illegal?

Air Rifle (slug Gun) are illegal in Victoria unless you have a shooter's licence & the weapon is registered. It is classified as a firearm and all rules & regulations pertaining to the use & storage of firearms apply. Also goes for any imitation. That is also deemed to be a firearm. Recently heard of a group who decided to use a "lemon gun" & kill Koala's. Lemon guns are PVC pipe made by people that have in the construction a section to hold gas (Usually the cigarette lighter butane) which is sprayed into section of pipe (holding the lemon) an ignitor which has probably been pinched by neighbourhood kids off your outside gas water heater whilst you are travelling OZ. Ignighter spark lights gas,explosion & lemon now lethal projectile. Idiots using these items have been known to injure themselves & friends, damage caravans & vehicles belonging to others & not to mention various neighbourhood pets & wild life. Some have blasted projectiles 200 metres or more. Recently I heard a story about two grown men shooting Koala's with sling shots as the poor things were sitting helpless in the trees. The worst part of this, these morons did this in the presence of their wives & small children. We all must dob in these idiots,take photos with our cameras or phones,take rego numbers and inform the police & other authorities. Possession of sling shots & Shanghai's is also forbidden under most laws as regulated or declared weapons and can be confiscated by police & severe penalties involved. Imagine this idiot parents appearing before the judicery & asked by the judge to explain their actions in front of their children

Ok, yes a Firearm license is needed, but that doesnt mean they are illegal. But i get what your saying though, just had me thinking why havent the cops informed us if there illegal. Was exppecting a knock on the door.

G day Hairy,
I will have to watch my P &Q"s.
some person armed with a Slug gun, thought that a Mum and baby Koala, were fair
game In South Qld.
Mum made it but the little fella took 2 slug's and they hoped he would be strong
enough to make through till to-day to be operated on.
he weighed 9 grams.
Vale Doug,
To The tosser's that shot them, I hope that Karma bite's them on the,
ARSE,'

Low life!!!

my hobby of looking after injured birds of prey ,i see alot of this mandane shooting ,it really does as others have said ,boil the blood

Im sure thelittle fella was nicknamed Doug.

Cheers Wilko

LOL :-)

Yep GB, I reread the title and realised it could be read that way....lol.

Wilko got it, the koala was named Doug by the Wildlife rescuers.


Cheers.....Lionel.

I got shot with a .22 cal slug gun when I was a youngen... ouch they hurt


lucky it got me between the old/young fellow and the hip..

Cheers