Bunning’s issue resolved

First of all, a big thank you to all the anglers that sent emails and phoned Bunning’s and also to Bunning’s itself for resolving this issue so quickly, it’s great to have the speed and mass of anglers get behind something so quickly and I am sure this played a vital role in getting this issue resolved so quickly.

So to be completely clear a message did go out to at least some Bunning’s managers that they are not to support any group involved in killing any animal, the Bunning’s store managers that informed us of this are the good guys and not a bunch of rouges as it has been reported on some web sites, one particular manager was a recreational fisherman himself and was greatly concerned about the way this new directive had read, and when asked if he could assist a fishing club he said he would do what he can regardless of what the message had said. We are unaware how this will or will not affect hunting groups, but have passed Patricks contact details on to the hunting groups that contacted us to assist them is getting some clarification themselves.



Early this morning I received an email from Patrick Gallus Bunning’s Community Involvement Coordinator, and after a phone call, he assured me that the intent of the communications sent to store managers was not meant to include fishing/angling clubs and that he will get the message out to managers to clear up the intent of the message, I have been asked by a number of people if Bunning’s will support hunting groups, and I was unable to answer that but passed on the contact details so these groups can contact Patrick and clear that up themselves. Patrick asked for us to be patient as it might take a few days for the message to filter down through the chain.

Once again Bunning’s must be commended for acting so quickly and sorting out this issue in lest then 14 hr from it being brought to everyone’s attention it was fixed, I trust that anglers will continue to support Bunning’s as they have done in the past, and thank the Bunning’s store managers that assisted bringing this issue to our attention.

In the next week the We Fish team will follow up with the Bunning’s store managers concerned to ensure they have received the message correcting Bunning’s position to continue to support fishing/angling clubs as they have done in the past.

A great result all round, and you all should give yourselves a huge pat on the back, without the support that We Fish has from anglers it would not be possible to do the majority of what we do.