Kangaroo Newsletter, Kangamail, Archives4Kangamail 18/2/05 A CSIRO research laboratory in Canberra is to close, and they have a number of animals that they are going to give to other research facilities. Amongst them are some Tammar wallabies. There are three subspecies of Tammars, one in West Australia, one on Kangaroo Island, and the extinct South Australian sub-species, wiped out in the 1930¡¦s by SA farmers. ƒnƒnThe tammar wallaby was the first ¡¥kangaroo¡¦ seen by Europeans (in 1629) by the crew of the Dutch ship Batavia stranded near the Wallabi Islands in the Houtman Abrolhos off Geraldton. ƒn Tammar wallabies were so named because they were once common in tamma (sheoak) thickets. ƒnIn semi arid areas such as the Abrolhos Islands, tammar wallabies are able to drink sea water when fresh water is unavailable. They have a lifespan of approximately 11 years for males and 14 years for females. Large amounts of time and money are being spent to try to re-establish populations of Tammars back into some SA National Parks, and into protected areas in West Australia. Many of the relocated tammars have died through predation by foxes, and local farmers are complaining that the Tammars will eat all their crops. In SA the farmers have already eradicated kangaroos and other wallabies from most areas, and they definitely don¡¦t want the tammars back. But now we find the tammars have been used by CSIRO as laboratory rats for the last 40 years. As one scientist describes them; So, why the tammar wallaby? For 40 years it has been the main species used for research on kangaroo biology in Australia. Originally from Kangaroo Island, it can be easily and inexpensively kept in captive colonies in outdoor enclosures in large numbers. Animals taken from the wild adapt quickly to captive conditions, it proved to be docile, to breed readily and to withstand surgical procedures well. Equally important was the discovery that females carry a dormant blastocyst of 100 undifferentiated cells for 11 months of the year and that development resumes 6 weeks after the summer solstice. Also important, during pouch life the young is accessible and large enough to be studied, so that a great deal is now known about the early stages of physiological, endocrine, sexual and neural development of the young, and about the highly complex biochemical changes that occur in the milk to sustain this development. Another scientist said; The tammar wallaby is an excellent model species in which to investigate mammalian reproduction, development and evolution. Knowledge of its general biology has accumulated over the last 40-50 years. Easy access to early pouch young offers the possibility of various kinds of biomedical investigations not feasible in non-marsupial species. The potential of tammar work to aid attempts to control New Zealand possums (Ed; control hasn¡¦t happened yet!) should be recognized. The work carried out in my lab on all marsupials over the last three decades has included studies of X-inactivation, sex determination, contraception, mother-offspring immunology, mating systems, linkage map construction and population structure. Like others we are interested to find the biochemical basis of embryonic diapause to see if could suggest new methods of human contraception. A genomic approach is indicated. On the one hand our governments spend huge amounts of money trying to save this species and re-colonise it into some of its former areas, and on the other hand we use them as lab rats! So we have for the last 30 to 40 years been using tammars, a native animal listed by the IUCN as ¡§near threatened¡¨, as laboratory rats to ¡¥suggest new methods of human contraception¡¦! How sick is our science? We have written to the Federal government about this, but as State governments are involved we do not have much hope of any resolution of the research issues. Science seems to be able to do no wrong. ******************************************** A Central Australian kangaroo orphanage has closed its doors to joeys after a series of senseless killings and thefts. The Date Farm in Alice Springs has been taking in orphaned joeys for a decade, feeding and caring for the animals until they are old enough to be released into the wild. But the farm would no longer take in kangaroos after a series of senseless and violent break-ins, worker Kay O'Rourke said. Offenders broke into the kangaroo enclosure on January 20 and killed one animal and stole another. They also took a quantity of alcohol. Another three kangaroos were stolen during the following week. Police found a kangaroo carcass in the nearby Todd River, but could not determine if it was one of the missing animals. The last kangaroo in the farm was stolen on Monday night. "It's disgusting," Ms O'Rourke said. "Someone has hit them on the head and taken them. They left blocks of wood behind with blood on them. "I don't think it's (anyone) local. "We have been doing this for about 10 years and nothing has ever happened to them before." She said the halfway house would not take in any more kangaroos. "We are not having any more," Ms O'Rourke said. "It's not fair on the roos." Police are investigating the incidents. * ABC ******************************************** A 49-year-old Estonian farmer has found a unique way to show the love of his life his enduring adoration for her: he's given her two kangaroos. "I just thought my wife already has everything a woman can dream about - me, of course, and our three daughters, whom I gave her many years ago - so I decided to express my everlasting love to her with two wonderful Australian kangaroos," farmer Elmet Erik said just prior to Valentine's Day. The two marsupials, who are a touch out-of-the-ordinary in northern Europe, appear to have acclimatised well to the nippy Estonian winter and can be seen daily hopping through the snow at the Eriks' farm on the island of Muhu. Erik's wife Helena said the kangaroos are the crowning glory of her long and lasting love affair with Elmet. "I feel like a queen. How many women have kangaroos at home to remind them daily - not only on Valentine's Day - how nice life is with true love?" The two kangaroos are not the only unusual animals at their home near the Baltic Sea. The Estonian couple also have a thriving ostrich farm, for which the idea was hatched on a romantic trip six years ago to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. * Pakistan Daily times ******************************************** A Tasmanian business, Creative Paper Tasmania has launched a souvenir paper made from roo poo. They are asking the public for quantities of roo and wallaby poo to sustain production. * ********************************************
A Queensland pet food company has been fined for failing to renew it¡¦s license to handle dead kangaroos. Wattle Glen Pet foods was fined $10,000 with costs of $3551 as well. The company operates from Goondiwindi.* ******************************************** A wildlife carers¡¦ course in ¡¥Care, Rearing and Rehabilitation of Marsupials¡¦ will be held in Queanbeyan from the Friday 25th March to Monday 28th March. Hosted by the Wildlife Carers Group Inc, and Wildlife Advocate, information and an enrolment form can be obtained by phoning the Course Coordinator Marilyn at 02 62355414, 0411 157 937 *Network Item ******************************************** Kangamail 9/2/05 Computer Down Maryland W from AWPC has been unable to communicate for over a week because her computer is down and has been infested with spyware, and she has had to replace a lot of hardware in the computer. So if you have emailed her and haven¡¦t received a response that¡¦s why. Unfortunately the animal and wildlife protection groups are being targeted by the loonies, and even the best anti-virus cant stop a lot of spyware. Microsoft is supposed to be testing a new effective anti-spyware system, but my understanding is that it is a fair way off yet. If you think you have an infected computer the article below may help. ******************************************** Death to spies, Helen Bradley, February 5, 2005 If you surf the web, chances are that your computer has been attacked by one or more programs that are collectively termed spyware. Not only does it slow down your computer but it could be tracking what you're doing, capturing key strokes or damaging files. There are a number of signs that indicate infection. One is a general slowing down of your computer, another is that you see a different home page or search page in your browser. Other indicators are toolbars that appear when you didn't install them or seeing popup ads appearing at unexpected times. Some of the changes encountered when your computer is infected are merely annoying but others can be dangerous to your PC's health. Some spyware is delivered inside spam and other email messages as attachments in much the same way as computer viruses. Other times spyware infects your computer when you're browsing. The simplest way of solving the problem is to avoid infection in the first place. Keeping software such as your browser and operating system up to date is important and if you're not wedded to using Internet Explorer then you will find other browsers such as Firefox and Netscape aren't targeted by malicious programs in the same way as IE. When signing up for any web service or downloading programs make sure you know exactly what you are agreeing to. Often these programs have "features" that track your web travels and may subsequently use this information to deliver targeted ads. If you are using IE, set your security level to at least Medium by choosing Tools, Internet Options, click Security and then Internet and click Custom Level and set it to Medium. For sites that you trust and want to accept content from that would otherwise be blocked, click Trusted Sites and add that site. If you're told you can't add the site because it does not offer a secure connection, disable the Require Server Verification checkbox. Now configure a lower security level for Trusted Sites than you use for other websites. If you are very concerned about cyber intruders, set the security for the internet zone higher and plan to add sites you visit frequently and trust to run scripts, such as your bank, as Trusted sites. In addition, always use a firewall when connected to the internet, particularly if your connection is an "always on" connection. To root out and remove spyware on Windows go here. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835 However, the Microsoft cookie remove is not foolproof, and will almost certainly leave stuff behind you don¡¦t want. The other option is buying software. If you don't already have any anti-spyware, one program worth checking is Spy Sweeper, which is downloadable from www.webroot.com There's a 30-day trial version and while it has some limitations on computers set up for multiple users, it is a good way to identify and clean up most problems. Be aware that, like viruses, spyware is constantly being changed so the program won't get everything but it will rid your computer of most nasties. Start by running a full scan using the Sweep option and allow it plenty of time, up to an hour or more, to do its work. When it is done, follow the onscreen steps to learn more about what you're infected with and how to rid your computer of the problem - it's as easy as selecting a checkbox and clicking Remove. If you're left with spyware that the program can't remove, there is more information on the web. Visit the site for the anti-spyware software you're using to see if there are step-by-step instructions. You may also find information on competitors' sites. As a last resort, search on Google for the name of the file causing problems to see what you can find. However, be aware that unscrupulous operators offer removal tools that actually infect your machine. So, analyse any information you find as to whether it can be trusted. *End article ******************************************** Spysweeper costs $29 US for a year¡¦s license. I downloaded the trial version a couple of days ago, did a sweep and found I had 911 unauthorised items in my laptop. Remember though, some cookies are good cookies, but most cookies are bad. Even with the bad cookies, most are only annoying, but some are very dangerous. You can delete them individually, and leave any there that you may want. I deleted the lot, I can live without any of them! * Pat OBrien ******************************************** Lymm Pub Bins Kangaroo Meat in Response to Viva!¡¦s Cruelty Claims
The Jolly Thresher pub, in Lymm, Cheshire, has announced that it has withdrawn from sale all kangaroo meat after an approach from international animal campaign group, Viva! Viva! provided the pub with details of the extensive cruelty involved in the slaughter of wildlife for meat and asked them to stop selling it. The manager responded almost immediately to say that kangaroo meat had been withdrawn. Viva! has been campaigning against the destruction of wildlife for meat for several years and its campaign persuaded all major supermarkets to withdraw so called ¡¥exotic meats¡¦ from sale. The only outlets now selling wild animals is a small chain of pubs and a few bistros and independent butchers. The outspoken group has also played a major part in the collapse of the UK ostrich industry, which has gone from sunrise to sunset in a few short years. "Every year, millions of kangaroos are shot in the wild, at night - unmonitored and out of sight of any witnesses¡¨, says Viva! campaigner, Justin Kerswell. ¡§But we have obtained personal testimonies and video footage which shows appalling cruelty. It depicts animals being shot through the neck or throat and being hung upside down on metal hooks while still conscious. The worst cruelty of all is reserved for baby ¡¥joeys¡¦, hundreds of thousands of whom are all killed by being stamped on, smashed against wheel braces, by being decapitated or left to die of starvation in the bush. The story is little better for ostriches and crocodiles, all of which suffer enormously before being served up as meat. ¡§We congratulate the Jolly Thresher in Lymm for having taken this moral stand. There are still a few outlets who persist in profiting from the death of wildlife and who seem to be oblivious to the fact that 75 per cent of the world's species are in decline or facing extinction. We ask everyone to turn their backs on exotic meats and to let Viva! know of any shops, restaurants or pubs still selling them so we can provide the proprietors with the facts of this barbaric trade. Wildlife belongs in the wild, not on people¡¦s dinner plates¡¨. * ******************************************** One US wildlife ranger who takes an array of phone calls from interested citizens who have questions about, or want to report unusual animal activity or sightings. He says he¡¦ll never forget a caller who was convinced there was a kangaroo stuck in a fence. Turns out an animal was stuck in a fence all right , but it was white-tailed deer, not a kangaroo. * ******************************************** Kangamail 1 February 2005 Pet-obsessed Paris Hilton was desperate to add a baby kangaroo to her household after travelling to Australia - until she discovered they punch their owners in the stomach. The hotel heiress was eager to purchase one of the hopping animals while filming in Queensland recently, convinced its presence in her home would impress visiting pals. But when Paris and her sister Nicky were warned the kangaroo's violent streak may cause problems for THE SIMPLE LIFE star, she decided not to ship one to her Hollywood home, which already accommodates a goat, monkey, ferret and her Chihuahua Tinkerbelle. Nicky says, "She wanted to buy one, but then they told us that kangaroos get as tall as humans and start punching you in the gut." * Network Item AT the Black Stump, they're famous for their steaks ... and now their kangaroo, too. A $2 million deal to save the Sydney icon was signed yesterday to the relief of 340 workers who spent Christmas fearing their jobs were lost. Peter Chai, director of Australian Cuisine, took possession of the 15-restaurant chain and quickly reassured staff the Black Stump would retain "its unique Australian flavour". While steak will still dominate the menu, including the traditional sizzling plates, Mr Chai plans to expand the selection to include kangaroo, better quality beef and possibly emu. Mr Chai, a restaurateur who moved to Australia from Hong Kong four years ago, expressed interest in buying the chain on learning of its fall. He said he saw potential, having eaten there several times during the past few years. "You can probably tell from my surname I'm not Australian by birth but by adoption, but I am very excited about wanting the Black Stump to continue being the icon for Australia," Mr Chai said. "The Black Stump will be the one that says we are Australian, we will specialise in coming up with what we call very good Australian food." He also wants to expand the variety of Australian wine choices. "I do understand that 20 years ago they were the icon of Sydney and serving families very well but lately [they] have been sitting on their laurels just a bit," Mr Chai said. "At the moment the Black Stump at an operation level is not losing money, it's breaking even, and the food is all right, but not fantastic.
"What we are going to do is build on that, not a drastic change, but just improve by adding. "My staff are telling me why not think about kangaroo meat -- it might not sell as much as other steak but it's another Australian dish. "The food industry is very competitive. Every now and then, but not very often, you have to try new things." Administrator Riad Tayeh said staff were "ecstatic" and immediately began planning celebrations after they were told their jobs were safe. "They had a fairly stressful Christmas not knowing what their futures held," Mr Tayeh said. "We tried to finalise this deal before Christmas but the period conspired slightly against us." Adam Moore, manager of the original Black Stump at Pennant Hills, said a staff campaign helped the ailing restaurant get back on its feet during Christmas. "We started a save the Black Stump campaign, sent out 3500 letters to the locals and every day we got new customers," he said. Staff are planning to visit other Black Stump venues for a meal to celebrate the new ownership and their bosses also plan to send workers for a day at the movies. *Network Item ******************************************** Foxes and minks face serious competition this week on the catwalks of Florence, where kangaroo fur has become the must-have pelt. Salvatore Ferragamo, the luxury leathergoods house, showed a slim tuxedo jacket made of kangaroo fur, lustrous as black velvet, in its 2005/06 autumn/winter menswear collection in the Italian fashion city yesterday. "We used kangaroo pelt to make the dinner jacket, but we shaved it right back with a razor to give it gloss," designer Massimiliano Giornetti said. Ferragamo used a menagerie of exotic hides, showing an extravagant cloak of Argentinean fox fur, coats of cropped mink, and python-leather jackets coloured orange by hand. Ermenegildo Zegna, the Italian label famed for its no-nonsense business suits, designed a velvety black roo-hide blazer for its youth line, Z-Zegna. "Do you eat kangaroo?" asked top designer Alessandro Sartori. "What does it taste like?" And roos are not the only Australian wildlife straying on to the international catwalks. The world's priciest crocodile skin is being fashioned into luxurious belts, bags, boots and coats. New Zealand, which considers the introduced brush-tail possum a pest, has built an industry selling fluffy possum pelts to eco-friendly designers for fur coats and jackets. Indonesia is a key supplier of snakeskin, feeding the fashion for exotic python leather.* Daily Telegragh ******************************************** The NSW government is aerially spraying Chlorpyrifos to kill locusts over large areas of New South Wales. Chlorpyrifos breaks down into 3 5 6-tyrichloro-2-pyridinol (TCP) in the mammalian system. TCP levels in adults in the USA have greatly increased in the last ten years and 80% of US adults now have detectable TCP residues. Kangaroos grazing in the sprayed areas would ingest the Chlorpyrifos through grass and other feed. No chemical residue testing of kangaroo meat is taking place. Cattle are usually removed form spraying zones so they don¡¦t pick up detectable residues. Kangaroos just graze wherever they can find green pick, including the sprayed areas. Those buying and eating kangaroo meat would not be impressed to learn that they are eating TCP and other chemicals in the formulation. People would not want to feed their cats and dogs kangaroo meat either, if they thought it was contaminated with locust poison. ******************************************** Millions won¡¦t be Celebrating Australia Day say Viva! This January 26th, Australians are being encouraged to ¡§Celebrate what¡¦s great¡¨ about their country, but campaigning animal welfare group Viva! counters that millions of Australians will have nothing to celebrate: the indigenous kangaroo population. In 2005 alone 3.9 million adult kangaroos have been earmarked for slaughter for their meat and skins. Baby joeys - worthless to the industry - are ripped from their dead mothers' pouches and bludgeoned, decapitated or simply abandoned to die of starvation and neglect. Australia has recently suffered one of the worst droughts on record and bush fires have decimated kangaroo numbers, yet the kangaroo industry continues to kill unabated. Kangaroo skins are often turned into football boots for companies such as Adidas - whose Predator boots are sold in the UK, and are worn by David Beckham. Viva! has recently joined forces with the Australian Wildlife Protection Council and launched a campaign, ¡§Australia¡¦s Hidden Shame¡¨, urging potential tourists to think twice about planning a trip ¡¥down under¡¦ in light of the annual slaughter of millions of kangaroos for their meat and skins.
The kangaroo is second only to the Statue of Liberty as the most recognised tourist symbol in the world*, and last year Australia launched its biggest ever push for visitors with a $360 million (Aus) promotional campaign with a logo featuring the iconic marsupial. Seeing mobs of kangaroos in the wild is a must for most visitors but the chances of them achieving this are diminishing by the day. ¡§Many an outback tourist will lament that of the few kangaroos they saw, the majority were roadkills¡¨, says Dr David Croft, University of New South Wales. Former kangaroo shooter, David Nichols, dismissed those who promote the slaughter: ¡§Not only have they got it all wrong¡¨ he says, ¡§they are doing the ¡§bush¡¨ a gross disservice in taking peanuts for a bloodied outback instead of a fortune in tourism. Their stupidity never ceases to amaze me.¡¨ Viva! campaigner Justin Kerswell says: "Australia is a fantastic country, but behind Australia Day¡¦s glitzy celebrations the country harbours a bloody, hidden secret. The Australian Government and tourism industries are cynically use the image of a kangaroo to attract international visitors, whilst butchering millions of them every year out of the view of tourists. Not only is this dishonest, it¡¦s the ultimate betrayal of this much loved icon. International visitors are being hoodwinked into believing that the Australian Government values the kangaroo, little knowing that the only value they place on them is the blood money their meat and skins bring. ¡§We are calling on people thinking of travelling to Australia to consider whether they really want to visit a country that harbours the largest massacre of land animals in the world today. We are also encouraging them to write to Government and tourism bodies in Australia to express their concerns. ¡§We are also calling on the Australian Government to give the kangaroo population something to celebrate - and end the largest massacre of land animals on the planet today before it¡¦s too late.¡¨ Contact: Justin Kerswell on 0117 944 1000 Australia¡¦s Hidden Shame: www.savethekangaroo.com/tourism ******************************************** While in Melbourne last week I took the opportunity to check out the Victoria Markets for kangaroo meat. Two years ago quite a few of the 20 or so butcher shops were stocking it. Last week not one of them had kangaroo meat for sale. Only one of the many delicatessens were selling it, but there was a pet meat shop that was stocking it. To me that indicates that kangaroo meat is not selling very well for human consumption in Melbourne. If there was any demand, the butchers would be stocking it. We also had a successful launch for 2005, the Year of the Kangaroo on Australia Day in Melbourne. A small but highly visible contingent of activists dressed in kangaroo masks, and wearing kangaroo tails, gathered at Flinders St Station, and marched through the heat and the crowds to Federation Square for a photo shoot. We handed out pamphlets as we went, received lots of support, and we especially proved to be quite a hit with the tourists, who took many photos of us. *WPAA ******************************************** Wilma Davidson was arrested for trespass during the Googong Dam protest. This coming Wednesday, 2 February, her case will be heard in the Queanbeyan court. If you can, please come along and support Wilma, and highlight the fact hundreds of kangaroos were needlessly killed by the ACT Government at Googong Dam last year. Wilma was arrested in the final week of the cull, on 28 July 2004. At the time protesters were trying to stop the ACT Government killing hundreds of kangaroos and joeys. The joeys were killed by brutal means, either by decapitation or by being bludgeoned to death. Come to the court to support a defender of kangaroos! when: Wednesday, 2 February, 9.30 am where: outside Queanbeyan Magistrate Court (Monaro St - next to the Queanbeyan Police Station) If possible bring a placard or kangaroo outfit (if you have one handy!) We hope to get some media attention. Background: After the cull documents obtained under Freedom of Information revealed the ACT Government misled the ACT community about why they killed the kangaroos. The documents, exposed in The Canberra Times on 18 September 2004, revealed the kangaroos were no threat to the water quality of dam and were not starving. This is in contradiction to the repeated claims made by Jon Stanhope and Environment ACT. The kangaroos were killed only to appease farmers living in the area. * Network Item ******************************************** The thought of eating kangaroo in a meat pie does not seem to be enticing customers in western Queensland. Baker Ben Rowan decided to bake kangaroo pies in the lead-up to Australia Day, but says the response from locals has been slow. "I think its more a psychological problem for some people to think about eating kangaroos, but they're really quite a nice pie," he said. "We're really just trying to make Australia Day a bit more fun so we just thought we'd have a go at the kangaroo pies and see how they turn out, always just trying to create a bit of interest." *ABC ******************************************** Alice Springs police say another kangaroo has disappeared from one of the Northern Territory town's tourist attractions. In the past week, three kangaroos have disappeared from the Date Farm, a tourist attraction. One has been killed and another two have been injured by attackers. Police say last night thieves struck again, leaving behind a stick with kangaroo fur on it. They suspect people are killing the pet kangaroos for food. *ABC ******************************************** We understand that the Tasmanian government (for want of a better word) will, within the next month or so, apply to Environment Australia for a permit to export wallaby products from animals killed on Flinders and King Island in Bass Strait. We believe the grubby Industry has found a market in Asia for furs to replace dog and cat fur which used to be used on garments imported from China. The Federal Government has now banned the import of garments that have dog or cat fur on them. There will be a 20 day comment period, and the proposed Management Plan will be tabled on EA¡¦s website. We will advise everyone when the Plan is available for public comment. We will be putting in an extensive submission, but its also important for everyone who cares about our wildlife to write something, even a short letter of condemnation to Environment Australia is better than nothing. *WPAA ******************************************** Another new wildlife group has aligned itself with the National Kangaroo Protection Coalition. There are now 29 groups involved in campaigns around Australia to protect kangaroos. The latest is the 'Wildlife Carers Group Inc' a new group starting up in Canberra and NSW. ******************************************** Kangamail 13/12/04 *Bid to kill more Tassie Wallabies* A High-powered Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association delegation went to Canberra last month in a bid to defuse an impasse over a Commercial Tasmanian wallaby management plan. The Federal Government appears unlikely to sign off on a long-awaited wallaby management plan for Flinders and King islands while .22 rimfire rifles are permitted by the State Government to be used for shooting bennetts wallabies and Tasmanian pademelons. The Federal Government wants only the more powerful centrefire rifles to be used. It is one of two major sticking points delaying the management plan, which is required by the Federal Environment Department before commercial wallaby exports -- which could create a million-dollar industry -- would be approved. The Federal Government also has concerns with Tasmania's wallaby population calculation methods, although the State appears willing to give some ground to the Federal requirements. TFGA chief executive officer Greg Bradfield, who will go to Canberra with TFGA president Rupert Gregg, said the firearm issue was on the association's list to discuss with the Federal Government. "It is important that this management plan goes through so that this resource can be exported, and there appears to be some non-appreciation that wallabies can be humanely harvested with a rimfire rifle," he said. "We would have concerns if rimfire rifles could not be used." Primary Industries, Water and Environment Nature Conservation branch manager Alistair Scott indicated yesterday that the state would not scrap its standards, which allow rimfire shooting. He described the need for centrefire rifles in Tasmanian conditions as "totally impractical". Tasmanian farms were generally smaller than those interstate, which raised safety concerns if the longer-ranged centrefire rifles were required. *The Mercury Ed Comment Sticking point is that in Tasmania they shoot wallabies with .22 rifles and shotguns, (and poison them) which is not permitted under the Code of Practice. They must be shot with high-powered centrefire rifles, and headshot. With smaller property sizes in Tasmania, high powered rifles would be very dangerous and would provide an credible argument for Tasmanians who don¡¦t want the wallabies to be killed. Anyway, so far the Feds are sticking to their guns, and refuse to approve the wallaby Plan. They know we would appeal any plan that breached, or we believed breached, the COP or any Legislation. It costs the Feds $100,000 every time we Appeal a Management Plan, and it costs us peanuts in comparison, so now they are being very very careful that the legal points are covered as best as possible. It's unlikely they will aprove such a Plan. * ********************************************
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