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S02E03 - Nigel Birch (Veteran Hunts Australia)

2021/3/22
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In this post ANZAC day episode we chat with Nigel Birch (ex RA Engineer) and founder of Veteran Hunts Australia.In this episode Nigel passionately shares his love for the outdoors, advocacy for conservation hunting, how animal control management and licensing can be used to protect animal habitats and setup a sustainable community.Nigel explains "whilst conservation hunting isn't for everyone.....for those of our audience or veterans that are interested.......there are many transferable skills from the military which can be utilised in conservation hunting." In addition, it's his many important messages about positive mental health through recreational pursuits, the lifestyle, outdoors and what the community can offer veterans that is very powerful.***We're not going to solve the problem without thinking about it with a better place to think about it, change your environment, change your outlook on that problem. ..and then let's have a look and see whether that actually gives you an answer to what you're doing. ***VHA is a fast growing veteran community which is also inclusive of families and immediate support of veterans and is important from Nigel's perspective because it gets them working together as a unit as well as creating an environment that allows healing through slowing down, reflecting and getting amongst nature.Rounding off our chat Nigel shares a glimpse of the Blood Origins project and how to contact VHA with admins in South Australia, Queensland and New Zealand.******Contact -  Nigel BirchFacebook: Veteran Hunts Australia)Help Lines Open Arms (VVCS)) | Lifeline) | RedSix app)"RESPECT, NO POLITICS, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS"Disclaimer: The accounts and stories are "Real lived experiences" of our guests some of the content may trigger Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) symptoms in some of our audience. Feedback regarding other organisations, courses and initiatives remains largely unsensored. Whether its good or bad they remain the OPINION of our guests and their experiences it is important in building an accurate statistic on what really happens. During the course of our conversations sometimes sensitive information may be accidentally mentioned, as such, Invisible Injuries respects the law and sensors any information that may breach Operational Security OPSEC

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