Kangaroo Protection Coalition Kangamail archives 39

Roo move to cost $3600 a head Cathy Alexander, Canberra Times

The Defence Department has abandoned its plans to cull thousands of kangaroos around Canberra, and is now looking at trucking them to the Braidwood area. The plan to move the ACT's excess kangaroos to NSW will cost at least $3600 a head. Moving 100 kangaroos would cost $360,000 and take months, according to a secret report obtained by The Canberra Times. A group of scientists is furious about the plan, which it describes as a waste of resources, and has called on Defence to cull the animals in the name of the environment.

The recently formed Limestone Plains Group will launch a campaign today urging Defence to face up to its responsibility and cull 3200 kangaroos. But the group is on a collision course with animal welfare groups, who say moving some kangaroos will solve the problem. Tempers have started to fray. The group which persuaded Defence to drop the cull, Wildcare Queanbeyan, says the "so-called scientists" are trying to shore-up the funding they get from the ACT Government, which backs the need for a cull.

The Limestone Plains Group includes scientists from the CSIRO, the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. Member David Shorthouse, visiting fellow in ecology with the ANU's Fenner School, said Defence had ignored the evidence that over-abundant kangaroos were damaging their grassland environments at the two Defence sites Majura, and Lawson in Belconnen. Endangered species like the earless dragon and the legless lizard were facing local extinction because of the kangaroos.

"We're going to lose a lot if Defence doesn't act appropriately," Dr Shorthouse said. "There's a wealth of scientific knowledge and understanding that is not being brought to this issue." Defence abandoned its cull plans after receiving a report from Wildcare, which said the kangaroo problem had been overstated, and recommended moving some kangaroos and sterilising others at a cost of $490,000.

Limestone Plains member and senior principal research scientist of vertebrate pest research at the CSIRO Lyn Hinds said there was clear evidence of kangaroo overgrazing on the Defence land, which was problematic for other species. She said moving kangaroos would be difficult and many animals would die because of stress, or because they could not find a niche in their new habitat. "It isn't the most practical use of resources," Dr Hinds said.

Fellow group member and professor in applied ecology at the University of Canberra Arthur Georges said Defence was acting irresponsibly in refusing to cull the kangaroos. University of Canberra senior lecturer in ecology and conservation biology Dr Will Osborne said Wildcare's report was "absolutely rubbish" and asked why Defence was ignoring the experts. Consultant botanist Isobel Crawford said Wildcare's report had been so successful because it was co-written by Treasury secretary Ken Henry, who sits on some committees with Defence secretary Nick Warner.

Wildcare president Steve Garlick dismissed the formation of the new group, saying its members lacked scientific credibility. "These so-called experts, these so-called scientists ... are talking about something they know nothing about," he said. Professor Garlick, a microeconomist and applied ethicist, said the ACT Government was pro-cull so those scientists with funding connections to the Government would be pro-cull too. The new group was "completely compromised" by the funding issue.

"Why do they have these views and want to harm the animals? The answer I came to is money." He challenged pro-cull advocates to produce peer-reviewed evidence showing that a cull should take place. Wildcare's report claims eastern grey kangaroos are able to limit their own fertility and that numbers at the Belconnen site are stable or declining. The grasslands are described as being in "good condition". This is all challenged by the Limestone Plains Group. Wildcare's report also claims that falling numbers of the earless dragon at the Majura site could be caused by magpies. The ACT culling season has ended but Defence could apply for an out-of-season licence. Its old proposal was to euthanase 400 kangaroos at Belconnen and shoot 2800 at Majura.

Moving the kangaroos would be a mammoth task, according to Wildcare's report. A padded pen would be built where the kangaroos would be darted with a sedative like Zoletil. A paintball gun would be used to mark them for identification. Medication like Valium could be administered to minimise stress to the animals. They would then be placed in a van with padded walls and floor, and air-conditioning (or heating) set to the safest temperature.

In hot weather, a fan system could blow over ice towards the sleeping kangaroos. The van would be driven to the new site, where the animals would wake in fenced areas covered in shadecloth. The whole process would take several months. Wildcare told Defence it would cost at least $360,000 to move 100 kangaroos. Defence said it was considering all options and a decision had not been made. *Canberra Times

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Kangaroos that have overrun two military bases in Canberra may be transported in air-conditioned comfort to more congenial surroundings, at A$3,600 (£1,500) a head - more than a return air fare to London. The idea is being considered by the Australian Defence Department, which provoked outrage earlier this year when it announced that it was planning to cull thousands of eastern grey kangaroos. The animals had converged on the bases on the outskirts of the capital city, in search of food during the prolonged drought. Their over-grazing was causing serious erosion.

The cull was abandoned after the outcry and a threat by protesters to surround the kangaroos and save them from the bullets of sharp-shooters. The military then commissioned a local wildlife group, Wildcare, to come up with an alternative solution. The new plan, leaked to the Canberra Times, proposes sterilising thousands of the creatures, possibly using drug-laced food bait. Hundreds of others would be herded into a padded pen, sedated with Valium and shot with a paintball gun to mark them as ready to travel. They would then be released into a fenced and shaded area to await their transport.

The animals would be trucked in air-conditioned vans to Braidwood, a small town about an hour's drive from Canberra. There would be more food available for them there. The drought, only partly eased by recent winter rains, has sent kangaroos and other animals into towns and cities for food. They have been grazing in parks, and even on school sports fields, kept green with regular watering. Canberra, a purpose-built capital in bushland, is said to contain the densest populations of kangaroos, with 450 of them per square mile. More than 1,000 are killed each year in traffic accidents that cause more than $6m worth of damage.

On the military bases, the Defence Department claims the animals have caused erosion at sites, including a firing range. They are also said to be endangering a species of local lizard, as well as the threatened gold sun moth. While foreigners are enchanted by kangaroos, Australians have a schizophrenic attitude towards them. They appear on the national coat of arms alongside with the emu, and on the tail of Qantas aircraft, as a symbol of Australia. But farmers regard them as a pest, because they eat crops, compete with cattle and sheep for grazing land, and knock down fences.

Farmers are given licences to shoot them, although the job often goes to professionals. Most of the meat ends up in pet food. Australians, though, are increasingly eating the lean red meat themselves. (Ed; In your dreams!) The abandonment of the cull was criticised by some scientists and wildlife groups, who said that many of the kangaroos were starving and should be destroyed. A Defence Department spokeswoman said yesterday that a final decision had not yet been made. *Independent

Fired-up NSW mayors say they will resist any attempt to move the ACT's excess kangaroos over the border into their shires. Defence is considering moving 100 kangaroos into NSW after dropping plans to cull 3200 of them around Canberra. Goulburn-Mulwaree Mayor Paul Stephenson said Defence should "wake up to themselves" about the plan. He said his shire had more than enough kangaroos and did not want any more.

A group called Wildcare Queanbeyan has offered to transport the kangaroos at $3600 a head, but pressure is building on Defence to go ahead with the cull instead. The ACT Government made it clear yesterday it was not too late for Defence to cull. If Defence opts for translocation, it is believed Wildcare is looking at a site in the Goulburn-Mulwaree shire. Mr Stephenson was unimpressed at the thought of more kangaroos. "We've got thousands of them," he said. "It's totally irresponsible. Defence would just be taking a cop-out, they're abdicating their responsibility. They should wake up to themselves."

Mr Stephenson called on Defence to cull the animals in the ACT. "It's probably safer and more humane to get the professional shooters in and get rid of them." The mayor of Palerang, which is adjacent to the ACT and includes Bungendore and Braidwood, was also unwilling to accept the kangaroos. "The residents would be appalled," Jim Maclachlan said.

He said Palerang had too many kangaroos and many ended up killed on the roads. They put too much pressure on the land. Mr Maclachlan said he would contact the NSW Government about any attempt to import kangaroos into Palerang. Wildcare president Steve Garlick said the group had yet to make a decision about where the kangaroos could go, but it would be in NSW, and well outside urban areas.

He did not comment on the report of a site in Goulburn-Mulwaree. A Wildcare member has previously said the kangaroos would not go to Palerang. In a secret report prepared by Wildcare for Defence, the group said it had access to "substantial areas of land in NSW that could accommodate translocated eastern grey kangaroos". Wildcare said translocation would require an export permit from the ACT Government, and an import permit from the NSW Government. The report said NSW had offered to lend staff from the National Parks and Wildlife Service to assist any translocation.

Wildcare said it would cost about $360,000 to move 100 kangaroos from Defence land in Belconnen. Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, who backs the need for a cull, said Defence could still proceed with its cull, despite it being out of season. He said kangaroo overgrazing was threatening endangered species and immediate action should be taken. "The situation is so grave the ACT Government would be prepared to consider extending the period over which Defence could conduct the cull beyond the normal 31 July deadline," he said. Mr Stanhope said he would seek expert advice if asked to grant an export licence to transport kangaroos into NSW. Defence has an open-ended permit to euthanase 400 kangaroos at Lawson in Belconnen. Its permit to shoot 2800 kangaroos at Majura lapsed on July 31. *Canberra Times

A new group formed to protect native grasslands in the ACT region is calling on the Department of Defence to address the issue of overgrazing by kangaroos. The Limestone Plains Group includes a number of Canberra scientists and conservationists. The group's spokesman, David Shorthouse, says the level of kangaroo grazing at Defence land in Belconnen and Majura is unsustainable. Defence decided last month not to go ahead with a planned cull of kangaroos on the sites, despite gaining approval from the ACT Government to shoot and euthanase the animals. *ABC

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Sydney - Australia's leading animal welfare group launched an investigation on Tuesday after five severed kangaroo heads were found on a beach in Queensland state. A woman walking with her two young daughters made the grisly discovery at Decelption Bay, north of Brisbane, on Sunday, the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) said. RSCPA spokesperson Michael Beatty said it appeared the heads had been used as fish bait in an extreme act of cruelty. "We've seen kangaroos that have been shot with arrows and had all sorts of other unpleasant things happen to them but we've never actually come across five like this," Beatty said.

"We'd just like some information to find who did this." Deception Bay resident Angie Rando said she was shocked when she came across the heads. "My first thought was 'Oh my God, how could someone do this, especially to our wildlife?'," Rando told Australian Associated Press. "It was terrible to think someone could do this sort of thing." It is the third case in two months of cruelty towards kangaroos, which are Australia's national symbol. A man was charged in June with killing more than 20 kangaroos on a shooting rampage near Canberra, while earlier in the month three kangaroos were found mutilated at South Durras, in New South Wales state. *IOL

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Police are yet to lay charges after seizing a number of illegal firearms from a property near Burren Junction, in central western New South Wales, on the weekend. A search of the property was sparked when an officer patrolling the Burren Junction to Collarenebri Road noticed two men with firearms chasing kangaroos. Police say one man was holding a shortened semi-automatic rifle, while a shot gun was found on the ground nearby. A further nine firearms were discovered. Four men who were visitors to the property have been questioned and their shooter's licences suspended. *ABC

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Reach into your closet and pull out your soccer shoes. Run your hand across the leather. Is it smooth and supple? Does it mold to your foot instead of your foot having to mold to it? Does it provide a sublime touch on the ball? Was it purchased in California?

Yes, yes, yes and yes? You are probably the proud owner of kangaroo contraband.

First, a little history:

Section 653o of the California Penal Code was enacted in 1970 to prohibit the importation or sale of products from animals deemed endangered, and a year later it was expanded to include kangaroos with 20 other animals, including sea turtles, cheetahs, zebras, dolphins, elephants, polar bears, sable antelopes and free-roaming feral horses. Two years later, the U.S. government passed its own Federal Endangered Species Act. Kangaroos were listed as “threatened,” or one step below “endangered” status, because of rapidly dwindling populations and their importation was banned nationwide – most notably, soccer shoes and baseball gloves made from 'roo leather.

Bolstered by assurances from the Australian government that wild populations had returned to adequate levels, the federal ban on kangaroo skin was lifted in 1981. In 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed kangaroos from its “threatened” list altogether. In California, however, section 653o of the penal code quietly remained on the books, unchanged and unchallenged.

Adidas and other manufacturers continued selling soccer shoes with kangaroo hide, under the presumption that the federal legislation trumped any state law. And with good reason. California represents its Mother Lode of markets – the world's eighth largest economy combined with arguably its biggest, wealthiest concentration of youth and adult soccer consumers. They want the best shoes, and almost all the best shoes from the top manufacturers – adidas, Nike, Umbro, Kappa, Lotto, Diadora, Mizuno, Reebok – are made with kangaroo leather.

That all could change soon. Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (VIVA) dug up the antiquated California law and in 2003 sued adidas along with companies that sell sporting goods. Two lower courts ruled in favor of adidas, but VIVA, undeterred, kept appealing. Two weeks ago the California Supreme Court dramatically (and unanimously) reversed the earlier decisions, ruling that the California law in this case is not pre-empted by any federal legislation or policy.

“Such (kangaroo) species are outside significant present federal concern,” Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar wrote in the court's July 23 opinion, “and, so long as they remain unlisted, are left exclusively to state regulation.” You can still walk into your local Soccer Post store and buy a pair of adidas' Copa Mundial, the top-selling soccer shoe for more than a decade, or any of two dozen other models with the soft, supple kangaroo leather that molds to your foot and affords a touch on the ball that, many players insist, cow or synthetic leather cannot.

But the race is on.

VIVA's attorneys are seeking a court injunction that would prohibit the sale of kangaroo products in California – on store shelves or via the Internet – while adidas decides whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. And the state legislature is rushing along a bill (SB880) that would remove kangaroos from section 653o of the penal code; it already has cleared the Senate and could be on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk as soon as next month.

Then again, Schwarzenegger has not yet taken a public stance on the issue. Several attempts at similar bills have failed, despite a reported $435,683 in lobbying spent by adidas. Two days before the Supreme Court ruling, Schwarzenegger attended David Beckham's first match with the Los Angeles Galaxy at The Home Depot Center. But it's equally unclear where Beckham stands on 'roo shoes. Beckham's biggest sponsor is adidas, and the shoe he almost exclusively promotes is the Predator, and many versions of the Predator feature kangaroo hide. Beckham, though, revealed last year that he has switched to Predator boots made with synthetic leather.

VIVA, which is based in England and has an office in Davis, claims the switch came after it sent Beckham one of its “Killing for Kicks” videos that includes graphic images of kangaroos and their babies being slaughtered. Adidas has said Beckham merely likes the synthetic leather models better. VIVA – which counts the U.S. Humane Society, singer Paul McCartney and California Attorney General Jerry Brown among its supporters – calls kangaroo harvesting “the largest wildlife massacre on the planet.” It claims licensed hunters mistakenly shoot endangered kangaroo species, and that the killing often crosses the line of animal cruelty.

“Kangaroos are wildlife,” a VIVA slogan says, “not soccer shoes.” Adidas is backed by the Australian government as well as Beckham's team, the Galaxy. Adidas says it does not use endangered kangaroo species for its products, and the Australian government insists populations of certain species are so robust that they need to be managed – much as deer are in the U.S. “It's smoke and mirrors,” says John Lococo, who owns six Soccer Post stores in Southern California and who has written letters opposing VIVA's campaign. “It's shooting up a big flag saying they're killing kangaroos for soccer shoes. For the most part, it's sort of a false alarm.”

Lococo estimates 30 percent of all soccer shoes his stores sell contain kangaroo leather, and nearly 100 percent of $100-plus shoes do. And if he's ordered to remove them from his shelves? “It would be devastating,” Lococo says. *San Diego Union Tribune

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BAY ST. LOUIS --How does a kangaroo - normally seen roaming the Australian outback - wind up hopping along U.S. 90 in the Bay? Bay St. Louis animal-control officers have received several reports in the past few days from residents who claim to have seen a kangaroo near Seminary Drive and U.S. 90. Some officials believe it's likely the Bay bouncer was someone's pet that saw a chance at freedom and hopped to it. "I've heard reports of people seeing it four or five different times and at first I wondered if someone was just joking around," Bay Mayor Eddie Favre said. "It could be someone had the kangaroo and it got loose or it may be a case where the kangaroo came in with Katrina and has been here ever since."

Bay police are looking for the bloke responsible for the sneaky marsupial. Information on the critter - his name, favorite snacks, whether he likes people - would be helpful in planning a strategy for catching him. But even with those details, collaring a kangaroo would be difficult for any local law enforcement agency. Adult kangaroos can cruise at speeds of more than 30 mph and leap more than 15 feet in a single bound.

"Our animal-control officer has never tackled a kangaroo," said interim Police Chief Tom Burleson. "We would probably have to contact a zoo, maybe New Orleans or Jackson, and have some of their keepers come over and take care of it." Based on the eyewitness accounts, the Bay's kangaroo is about four feet tall. Kangaroos usually feed on fruits and vegetables and most are nocturnal, but some are active in the early morning and late afternoon, according to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Some residents claim to know a local man who was breeding kangaroos at one time for their popular meat and expensive skins. The Australian kangaroo industry exports meat to more than 55 countries. The 'roo seems to be the latest addition to South Mississippi's "wild kingdom." In 2004, Bay police spent four days searching in drainage ditches and under houses for a missing 17-foot Burmese python. Police in Waveland pulled a nine-foot alligator from a ditch near a neighborhood bus stop in May. There were reports of wild pigs in Hancock County last year and more in Gulfport last month.

Nearly four months after the python terrorized Union Street residents, the Bay City Council drafted a proposal to ban more than 100 different species of exotic animals, including hippopotamuses, giraffes, some reptiles and kangaroos. But the council failed to adopt the regulation when a handful of residents protested later that year. Burleson said the kangaroo's owner could fear the long arm of the law and is leery about coming forward.

"I can't imagine someone owning a kangaroo in Bay St. Louis, but if someone did and lost one, then any information they could provide would be helpful at this point," he said. Officials are asking anyone who sees the kangaroo or has information on its owner to call the Bay St. Louis Police Department at 467-5101. *Biloxi Sun Herald

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Those who like to keep an eye on the activities of the radical rednecks may find this new website of interest. FELLOW MUSHROOMS

Macropod Soup funds Radical Greens. ACT maybe a Federal Realm, but Jon Stanhope is Mayor of some very strange inhabitants. The Canberran Native Grasses movement loves grass, but who is the lover of the offending 4000 excess kangaroos plaguing the ACT since NSW burnt the mountains. Shooting affects the sensibilities of the green radicals, so what to do?

Well like Ripley's "Believe it or Not" some nameless whackers are touting the removal of the kangaroos to the Braidwood area in a re-location program at a cost of $3,600.00 per animal. You heard it, $3,600.00 per macropod. The grapevine is sleuthing the report, as such a money making scheme as this from the people's tax coffers has got to have a link to the Investment Banking sector somewhere. (Ed; ????? Investment bankers funding the Greens? I wish!)

Farmers, when your drought weary stock are bringing just over the trucking rate at the sale yards for meat that is on sold at a tidy profit in the supermarket, this is mud in your eye. Braidwood farmers, may we suggest you install meat safes and buy up on ammunition, for a windfall in kangaroo meat is coming your way. Editor: Mal Davies editor@sosnews.org Website: http://www.sosnews.org/ They do have a couple of interesting articles featured, especially one about the RSPCA. There is even a link to the Radical Green Blog, at http://radicalgreenwatch.blogspot.com/ which actually has a blog attacking both Jill Redwood and Jeff Angel. (Boo Hoo, I'm not there!)

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One of four youths accused of killing three kangaroos in Murramarang National Park has pleaded guilty to harming protected fauna. The three kangaroos were found in the south-east New South Wales national park early in June, one with its eyes poked out, another decapitated and a third beaten to death. The four Goulburn juveniles charged with the attack were due to appear in Batemans Bay Local Court this week, but the court heard they were sitting their HSC trial exams. Through his legal counsel, a 17-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge. His case was adjourned to Goulburn Local Court on August 23. The remaining youths, all aged 17, had their matters adjourned to Batemans Bay Local Court on September 17. *ABC

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ANIMAL rescue volunteers have urged witnesses to photograph or videotape thugs attacking kangaroos and other wildlife to help authorities hunt them down. Kangaroos have reportedly been bashed, shot at with arrows and terrorised by drivers in a rising number of attacks on wildlife in and around Nillumbik. Recent reports to wildlife volunteers include:

* A group of teenagers on trailbikes seen shooting arrows at kangaroos in the Plenty Gorge late last month;

* A kangaroo seen being bashed with a piece of pipe in a new South Morang street on Friday, August 3, and;

* A man seen driving a four-wheel drive into a mob of kangaroos in the Westfield area at 5pm on Sunday, August 5.

Wildlife Victoria volunteer Narelle Smith said kangaroos were attacked almost every day. ``A lot of people are panicking when they see something and don't think to report it,'' Ms Smith said. ``But it is an offence and people can be charged over these acts.'' She said people who attacked animals should receive harsher penalties.

Department of Sustainability and Environment senior wildlife investigator Glenn Sharp confirmed the attacks. ``DSE is aware of several recent reported attacks on kangaroos by people in the Whittlesea and South Morang areas,'' Mr Sharp said. ``DSE wildlife officers are liaising with police, who are leading the investigation into those localised incidents.

``Attacks on wildlife, particularly kangaroos, do occur intermittently in urban fringe areas. In 2006 a series of attacks happened in the Yarrambat area, where several kangaroos were beheaded.'' Mr Sharp said the attacks were ``abhorrent and irresponsible''. Police believe a kangaroo killed in Hurstbridge on May 22 may have been deliberately hit. Earlier that month, a dead kangaroo was found with its ear cut off in Yellow Gum Park, Plenty. Its female companion had been mauled by a dog.

Anyone injuring or killing native wildlife faces prosecution, criminal conviction and fines up to $5000. * To report attacks, phone 13 6186. For help for injured, sick or orphaned native animals, phone 0500 540 000. *Diamond Valley Leader

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Kangaroos are no longer a pest but a valuable source of income for rural communities, a new study has found. Adelaide University PhD student Dana Thomsen has examined the economic and social issues related to commercial kangaroo harvesting for the past five years. She said that far from being a pest, kangaroos were now regarded as a valuable resource by graziers. "Commercial harvesting of kangaroos, originally used as a form of pest control to reduce the pressure on grazing lands, is now a significant industry that directly employs around 4000 people and contributes up to $230 million a year to the Australian economy," Ms Thomsen said.

Kangaroo meat and skins are now exported to 60 countries and the market is growing. Kangaroo pelts are highly sought after in Europe for clothing, shoes and accessories while kangaroo meat is lauded for its low fat, high protein health benefits. Ms Thomsen said the commercial kangaroo industry was also considered by natural resource scientists as one of the few rural industries that provided economic benefits with minimal impact on the environment. But she warned that Aboriginal communities needed to be consulted more widely in regard to kangaroo management.

"Kangaroos are culturally significant to Aboriginal people and it's important we include them in the decision-making process," Ms Thomsen said. "Part of my research involves promoting a better understanding between non-indigenous industry stakeholders and Aboriginal people so we can market the industry as not only clean and green, but also socially just." News.com.au

Ed Comment; Its my understanding that Aborigonal people want nothing to do with the Industry, which they past the Industry driven propaganda, and see the Industry in its true light....inhumane and unsustainable.

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The Royal Flying Doctor Service has lifted night flying restrictions introduced in central western New South Wales because of dangers posed by kangaroos. The service had only been responding to critical medical emergencies at night at a number of airstrips since a plane hit kangaroos at Coonamble in April. The manager of aerial services, Roger Pethram, says he received a positive response from 14 local councils which he had asked to review procedures.

"Most of them have carried out a cull but they've also improved their arrangements in a sense of making sure someone's going out to clear the roos off the runway before the aircraft lands so that's working quite well," he said. "It will always remain a risk of course because as you know you can move kangaroos off a runway or road for that matter and they come straight back on but at least we're now operating as safely as we can." The Royal Flying Doctor Service is urging the councils to apply for federal funding to improve fencing at local aerodromes.

Mr Pethram says grants from the $22 million Remote Aerodrome Safety Program could go a long way towards making the airstrips safer. "One of the strong statements from the Department of Transport and regional services is that a priority is airstrips that the Royal Flying Doctor Service uses," he said. "So it's an upgrade for airstrips but an important part of that upgrade I'm certainly hoping will be that the councils will address the issues of keeping livestock and kangaroos etceteras off the runway." *ABC

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