UNITED WE STAND: RALLYING BEHIND OUR COMRADES AT GAME COUNCIL NSW

As visitors to this site and members of its news network can hardly fail to have noticed, Game Council NSW has been the subject of much attention and unfair criticism in recent months. 

Opportunistic Greens and anti-hunters would capitalise on the alleged transgressions of one staff member and one volunteer in order to further their objective, to ban hunting Australia-wide, by painting Game Council NSW as though it were the very manifestation of incompetence and moral corruption.

For some time now I have wondered how this vendetta is affecting Game Council NSW staff. While sources tell me they are soldiering on, I am also advised that staff morale has taken a bit of a knock and this is hardly surprising. Though quick to imbue feral animals with all manner of basic rights and anthropomorphic sensibilities, The Greens and anti-hunters revel in all opportunities to deny their human targets any such regard.

This blog was set-up specifically to oppose the unjust vilification of hunters however it might manifest, and if the outrageous and often cruel accusations levelled at Game Council NSW in the press of late do not qualify as unjust vilification, then, frankly, nothing does.

It is absolutely vital to remember that if staff at Game Council are under attack it is not because The Greens and the anti-hunters are out to get them, per se – after all they’re just folks trying to do a job. Rather it is because Game Council NSW and its staff have become handy focal points for the anti-hunters' hatred of us and our culture.

We may not be able to force the anti-hunters to curb their unprincipled tongues and activities, but we can let the staff at Game Council NSW know that they are not suffering the haters' attacks for us without our acknowledgement and support.

For this reason I encourage all hunters across the Wide Brown Land to rally behind Game Council NSW staff by sending them a brief message of support. Yes, all hunters wherever they may be! Let’s forget boarders and parochial interests on this occasion, to send a clear message to our detractors - if you knock one of us, you knock us all!

Let’s leave the staff at Game Council NSW in no doubt that we acknowledge their present difficulties and appreciate their stolid persistence on our behalf.

Forget facebook for this one. Oh it’s handy and fast I know, but nothing beats a proper note that can be shared around the office, posted at a workstation, published in a newsletter or pinned on a notice board as a reminder that your work is appreciated.

When you leave this page please take the time to send an individual message of support from a person whose hunting rights Game Council NSW staff work so conscientiously to manage and whose safety they strive every day to assure. It will take just 5 minutes of your time and, let's face it, if the anti-hunters win the battle you'll likely have a lot more time than that on on your hand!

Your brief message of support and encouragement should be headed "Support feedback" and sent to Communications Manager, Amy Warr who handles feedback at Game Council NSW. Amy's address is: amy.warr@gamecouncil.nsw.gov.au

If you are a facebook junky and can’t resist the urge, you’ll find Game Council’s page here:

https://www.facebook.com/GameCouncilNSW?fref=ts

It would certainly be one in the eye for our detractors if Game Council staff arrived at the office tomorrow morning to find a tsunami of support to begin the week with, so spread the word!

Anyway, I’ll get outayaway now…