We have been informed from 2 Bunning’s store managers that Bunning’s
managers have been instructed not to support any group that is associated with
killing any animal including angling clubs, as well as hunting and shooting
clubs. This ban includes the Saturday Bunning’s BBQ out the front of their stores
that sell meat sausages; I am assuming that the sausages sold at these BBQ’s
contain the new meat that grows on trees!
I have sent Bunning’s 2 emails asking for clarification and have included all
my contact details, at the time of writing this I have not yet received a reply.
Fishing in Australia is very well managed, sustainable, a
great activity for young kids and has been responsible for more conservation than
any other group in this country, since 1973 Game fishing in Australia has
provided or participated in the majority of the information we have on our
marine species, at no cost to anyone else but our selves, in fact if it wasn’t for
fishing in Australia we would most likely not even know what species are out
there let alone anything else about them. Just last weekend I participated in
game fishing tournament, where one fish was weighed in and 15 tagged, that’s 15
tagged fish swimming around that will provide information that will assist us
in improving our knowledge on this particular species, at absolutely no cost to
the government, science groups, or anyone one else as has been done for years.
Considering Bunning’s parent company Wesfarmers which was founded as a West
Australian Farmers Co-op, this is just a joke taking this sort of action against
groups that have always supported them.
This is a clear example of the anti-fishing propaganda that
has been spread in this country with the help of our current government, the
entire marine park issue has achieved nothing but banned fishing, no other
threats some of which are hundreds of times greater than fishing did not even
get a mention, yet these very same advocates for these marine parks are all of
the same opinion that marine parks will not affect fishing greatly as people
simply don’t go there, well if you are to believe what they say, they have
created marine parks by banning people who don’t go there?
Anglers should not support any business that participates in this propaganda war
against fishing, We Fish urge all anglers to simply stop shopping at Bunning’s
until this is cleared up and or they change their policy of persecuting or discriminating against fishing clubs. As
part of the Wesfarmers group, they should be more sensitive to their customers.
Contact Bunning’s head office, either electronically or snail mail (detail
below) asking for clarification and if this isn’t resolved soon it may be necessary to hand in or cancel
your trade account.
Enough is enough and its time we start standing up for ourselves, and stopped
being walked over its time to draw the line in the sand!
Bunning’s National Support Centre
Locked Bag 3004 Hawthorn, Vic 3122
CustomerFeedback@bunnings.com.au
In your email or letter simply state that you have been made aware that Bunning’s
stores will no longer support fishing/angling clubs, on the grounds they kill
animals and you feel they completely lack the knowledge of what fishing is all
about and will no longer be shopping at their stores and will ask everyone you
know to do the same. Make sure you include all your contact details, and any
fishing clubs you belong to.
Hopefully this will be a simple misunderstanding that will be resolved quickly
by Bunning’s, if not then I am sure further action will send a loud and clear
message.
This email was sent to the Bunning’s parent company Wesfarmers
We have been informed that Bunning’s manager have been instructed not to
support any group that is associated with killing any animal or any sort of
betting or gambling, and that this included fishing /angling clubs.
Seeing as fishing groups have been at the forefront of marine
conservation, and responsible for greater marine conservation than any other
group in this country, as well as being responsible for providing or
participating in the majority of the information we currently have on our
marine species, at no cost to anyone else but ourselves, we feel that this is
just part of the anti-fishing propaganda that has been directed at fishing in
this country over the last few years, and find it totally unacceptable.
We would like clarification from Wesfarmers whether this is
just a Bunning’s decision or if it goes right across the range of all your
companies.
I have sent emails to Bunning’s vair the contact form on the
web page as well as a direct email and have had no response as yet, so we have
gone public with this information and unless we receive are written clarification
of this policy, we will be taking further action to inform as many anglers as
possible, so they can make an informed choice on which businesses they support.
Awaiting your reply with anticipation
Daniel Stanilovic
We Fish
