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Right to Life asks why is the Life of a Duck worth more
Right to Life asks why is the Life of a Duck worth more than the life a Human Child.
Media Release 13 May 2016
A 24 year old Danish student tourist, Rasmus Zetner was fined $10,000 by Judge Brian Callaghan in the Christchurch Court on 5May for killing a Whio duck, an endangered specis in South Westland on 9 March 2016.Under the Wildlife Act 1953, the whio duck is an absolutely protected specis. Its killing is a serious crime, on conviction the offender may be fined up to $100,000, or imprisoned for up to two years. This crime was considered important news and was given extensive coverage by all the media in New Zealand.
Why is a whio duck given absolute legal protection for its right to life, while the unborn child’s right to life is given no legal protection?
It is important that we have legislation protecting the right to life of endangered specis. Right to Life questions why our nation is prepared tolegislate for absolute protection for the right to life of endangered specis, yet is not prepared to provide any legal protection for the right tolife of children in the womb.
It is a sad commentary on our society that the killing of a whio duck incurs the full weight of the law and the wrath of the court and the community. At the same time an estimated 36 children in the womb are deprived of their life each day in New Zealand with the permission of Parliament, government and the community.
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