The duck hunting season at a Victorian game reserve is finishing early this year to make way for the planned release of captive-bred orange-bellied parrots, which has been welcomed by animal rights activists.
The Victorian government will shut the Lake Connewarre reserve near Geelong on Friday, 11 days before the duck hunting season comes to an end, so the release of the orange-bellied parrots can be timed to coincide with the arrival of their wild migrating counterparts.
