Kangamail, Kangaroo newsletter Archives 40

Stella McCartney, militant vegan, joins forces with Adidas, company that profits from bloody slaughter of kangaroos.

As bright lights illuminate Stella McCartney's models on the catwalk at London Fashion Week this month, a gunman in far away Australia will be dimming his own spotlight after a night of butchery. And while the models parade Stella's new sports collection, this gunman will be tying down the carcasses from his night's work and heading off down the track in his pick-up truck to the kangaroo meat processing plant, where he will collect £8 per kangaroo head.

The audience's applause in London as Stella's latest styles are paraded will be more than 12,000 miles from the silence of the Outback where the bodies of slaughtered baby kangaroos - torn from their mother's pouches and too small to be of any commercial use - will lie for the eagles to peck at as the early morning sun casts its shadows across the desert. What, it might reasonably be asked, has the massacre of hundreds of kangaroos each night to do with Stella?

After all, like her late mother, Linda, she is a revered vegan, fiercely opposed to the use of animal products in her designs and there will not be a hint of fur or leather in any of the styles she will present in London on the evening of September 20. But what has upset animal rights groups is her association with the sportswear giant Adidas, which, in its use of kangaroo skins for football boots, has been accused of fuelling "the largest wildlife slaughter in the world".

Stella cannot escape her links with the company - and therefore with the slaughter - for the Fashion Week spectacular is being heavily promoted as "Adidas by Stella McCartney". Maryland Wilson, President of the Australian Wildlife Protection Council, is outraged at Stella's association with the sportswear company. "She is flying in the face of everything that Sir Paul and her mother have long stood for and is going against everything she has been taught about caring for animals," she said.

Stella's associates have endeavoured this week to distance her from the raging controversy by pointing out that she is a "lifelong vegetarian and committed advocate of animal rights". Her Adidas collections are "100 per cent cruelty free" and all the accessories designed in collaboration with Adidas are made with alternative-to-leather high performance fabrics, says her label.

While animal rights groups in Britain and Australia applaud her stance on using alternative fabrics, they now question her association with a company that has for years been the target of criticism over its use of skins from kangaroos that are gunned down often in appalling circumstances. Adidas uses kangaroo skins in many of its products

It is hard to find a wildlife debate that raises more heated passions - except for, perhaps, the officially-sanctioned clubbing of baby seals in Canada. But the numbers of seals affected is far smaller than the millions upon millions of kangaroos gunned down annually for their leather - not to mention those that are badly wounded and manage to escape with, perhaps, a forearm shot off, a jaw blown away or entrails hanging out.

Emotions are inevitably raised when animal rights groups tell of the cruelty and blood that taints the beautiful Australian landscape. Animal rights groups claim that no matter how skilful a shooter might be, there will always be a time when he will fail to make a direct hit and the wounded animal will crawl away into the night to die in agony. Officials of the governmentsanctioned kangaroo industry - which employs more than 4,000 people and generates at least £100 million a year in wages - point out that it is strictly controlled and governed by a code of practice.

They also point out that no kangaroo can be processed for its meat and skin unless it has been taken by "a licensed kangaroo harvester" who has passed a training course. Who then, should we believe? Activists ask us to picture this scene: A family, or mob as they are known, of kangaroos grazing peacefully in the dark Outback. A powerful spotlight suddenly strikes one of them, followed by a fatal bullet. The youngster in the pouch is pulled out and clubbed or stomped to death. A second "joey" hops away, terrified and alarmed, into the night, only to be caught and devoured by foxes.

Sometimes baby joeys are left to fend for themselves after their mother has been slaughtered. The kangaroo industry says shooting 'roos is "more humane than the slaughter of cattle and sheep, which suffer severe trauma as they are transported long distances in trucks and penned in abattoirs before they are put to death". While the two sides argue on, a man who knows exactly what happens out there in the vast desert has stepped forward. John Nicholls, 62, is a former kangaroo shooter - and he admits he is haunted by what he has seen and done; so much so that he is now a vegetarian and a powerful lobbyist against the industry, which he left because of its cruelty.

From his home in South Australia, he tells me that before anyone can obtain a licence to kill, a shooter has to pass a proficiency test that requires him to hit a target slightly larger than a tennis ball from a distance of 100 yards. If he doesn't manage to hit it five times in a row he can keep on returning to the test range until he succeeds, and then he is given his licence. All well and good on a shooting range. But what about when that shooter is in the wilds of the Outback?

As the designer is a militant vegan, her choice of Adidas as a partner seems hypocritical He may have earned his licence, but what is his accuracy like when he's working in adverse weather conditions (certainly not uncommon in the bush)? Or when he's shooting from a vehicle parked on a slope? Or when the kangaroo, standing at a great distance away and frozen with fear in a spotlight, is moving ever so slightly?

"Shooting is not an exact science and does cause horrific, non-fatal injuries. Kangaroos can lose arms, ears, eyes, noses, have their hind legs shattered. To deny that this goes on is just an exercise in attempting to fool the public," says Mr Nicholls. But, he adds, it is not only the wounding of big kangaroos that sickens him and animal rights groups, but the terrible fate of their young.

Mr Nicholls knows all about joeys being dragged from the pouch of the shot mother and being clubbed to death with a piece of piping or smashed against the side of the shooter's vehicle. "Even hardened kangaroo shooters are often sickened by this never-ending process," he says. But that is not the end of the terrible scenes, points out the wildlife activist Maryland Wilson. There is a third victim - the "baby at foot", as she calls the young kangaroo that has grown out of the pouch but is still reliant on its mother.

"When its mother is gunned down the young are left to fend for themselves and their chances of survival are remote," she says. "They are left in fear and panic. They do not know how to feed themselves and are preyed upon by the hundreds of foxes that follow the kangaroo shooter around." Ironically, Sir Paul McCartney, Stella's father, has added his voice to the chorus of personalities opposed to kangaroo killing, and supports Britain's animal rights group Viva which is opposing the trade.

He said: "There is an urgent need for action to protect kangaroos from a barbaric industry which slaughters them for meat and leather." He has called for an end to "this shameful massacre". But this isn't the first time Adidas has been struck by controversy over their use of kangaroo products. David Beckham, who is paid millions of pounds to promote Adidas products, switched to synthetic fabrics last year after the Daily Mail and Viva pointed out that his Predator football boots were made from kangaroo skin.

Australia has an estimated kangaroo population of 60 million, about double the number of cattle and a little more than half of sheep numbers. Each year wildlife officials decide on a management plan - which has to be approved by the government's conservation department - that will control the number of kangaroos that can be culled. Although this year's quota is only 3.6 million, the number is usually around 10 per cent of the estimated population, meaning that often it is around six million kangaroos that can be killed - or as the industry likes to put it, "harvested" - each year.

The carcasses of animals are sold by the shooters to processing factories. These sell meat and some three million skins to the food and fashion industries every year. The skins alone are worth more than £12 million. Anyone can apply for a kangaroo harvesting licence, but they must undergo the gun training described above by John Nicholls. In chilling words, the federal government's "Code of Practice for the Humane Shooting of Kangaroos" specifies the firearms which can be used, requires that "all animals be head shot" and sets out procedures for the "humane dispatch of any pouch young".

The code of practice says joeys can be disposed of by being hit on the head with a water pipe or iron bar until dead. But activists claim that often they are ripped out of the pouch and simply left to die. The kangaroo industry insists that claims of cruelty are grossly exaggerated by ill-informed and impassioned animal rights groups. Under the code of practice, it says, each hunter is given a set number of "tags" that must be attached to each animal killed.

The National Parks Authority does monitor the release and use of tags to ensure the harvest in any one area does not exceed the quota. But animal groups say wounded animals that manage to escape and later die out of sight greatly increase the number of animals killed. John Nicholls points out that the code of practice states that a harvester must chase after a wounded animal and end its suffering. "But if he has several targets, he is not going to abandon those he hasn't shot to chase a wounded animal. Once he starts going after it, the others will flee and he will have lost an opportunity. No, he is going to shoot the others first, but by then the wounded roo will have been lost in the night."

Those who support the killings say the annual cull has not put the kangaroo under any threat of extinction and the reduction in numbers is necessary for the survival of the pastoral industry. Many sheep and cattle grazing regions are said to be fragile areas which can support only a limited number of animals. Without a cull of kangaroos, which compete for feeding areas with livestock, grazing regions would come under enormous pressure, says John Kelly, spokesman for the Kangaroo Industries Association of Australia.

"The kangaroo industry is often subject to claims from radical animal liberation groups that it is inhumane," he says. "These claims are rarely backed up with scientific evidence. In the few cases where scientifically-obtained data is cited it is invariably misrepresented." But for John Nicholls, the man who has experienced the hands-on approach, scientific data is irrelevant to the horrors he has witnessed. "Yes, I could get very emotional about it but I try to look at the bigger picture," he says.

"It is not necessary to kill these animals. They have been on this land for a very long time, much longer than humans. It is an easy thing for us to do things to animals and turn a blind eye to the cruelty involved. It should be just as easy to stop." Adidas emphasises that it is opposed to animal suffering. "This is why," says a spokesperson for the company, "we insist that our suppliers fully comply with the Australian government's strict rules on kangaroo culling."

But while hunters are still roaming the Outback with guns and searchlights, while joeys are still being torn from their lifeless mother's pouches, and as long as she is happy to take Adidas's money, Stella McCartney will be unable to escape the accusations of hypocrisy. *Daily Mail .co.uk

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The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is taking whiptail (or prettyface ) wallabies off the 2008 Kangaroo Commercial Kill. The skins used to be popular with tourists, but worldwide awareness of the inhumane nature of the commercial kangaroo kill has reduced tourism demand for the skins. There is also some concern about the population status in some areas of Queensland. *WPAA

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Kangaroo pressure jumps in western Qld?

The increasing kangaroo population across western Queensland is having a negative impact on cattle production and threatens the biodiversity of timbered country. At the August meeting of the Western Queensland Regional Beef Research Committee (WQRBRC) at Longreach, Qld, the producer members said managing pastures using seasonal spelling and rotational grazing methods were just not working because of the grazing pressure from large numbers of kangaroos. Department of Primary Industries beef scientist and WQRBRC secretary, Desiree Jackson, said the committee planned to gather all current information on kangaroo numbers and investigate what research had been done regarding the impact of kangaroos on the environment. Ms Jackson said that in addition to the negative impact on cattle production, landholders were reporting that they were losing the biodiversity of their timbered country which served as a refuge for the big mobs of kangaroos.

Guest speaker at the meeting was Rodd Dyer, manager of Meat and Livestock Australia?s Northern Beef Program. Mr Dyer also said the MLA would support the WQRBRC if the group opted to progress the development of a Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) to look at the impact of kangaroos on pasture. Up to $20,000 of MLA funding could be made available to develop kangaroo grazing exclosures on a number of west region land systems to determine the level of pasture degradation attributable to the kangaroo pressure. Ms Jackson said the committee intended to gather more information of what investigative work had already been done to ensure a PDS proposal would not be duplicating previous research.

The WQRBRC?s region extends from Boulia in the south to the NSW and Queensland border, east to Morven and north through the Desert Uplands region to Richmond.

SOURCE: Breaking news from Queensland County Life weekly newspaper, updated daily on FarmOnline. 28 August 2007?

Ed Comment; However, the Federal 2006 State of the Environment Report, refers to the Commercial harvesting of kangaroos.

Two indicators are particularly useful in relation to this issue. Firstly Indicator BD-23 Some selected nationally significant native terrestrial species subjected to harvesting and population trends reports data on the number and types of land animals commercially harvested. Data appear to be available only on kangaroos and waterbirds (in Queensland only).

The Report concludes that:

“No data that would give an indication as to whether harvesting is sustainable, for example, data on population trends, population structure or distribution of harvested species, appear to be available. “

Indicator LD-20 Total grazing pressure relative to net primary productivity is more relevant to the “pest control” killing of kangaroos undertaken by farmers or government “culling” operations. Using data compiled by commercial harvesting advocates, and various estimates of “dry sheep equivalents” (i.e. how much vegetation an animal eats compared to a non-lactating sheep), it estimates the “grazing pressure” of kangaroos relative to sheep and cattle. It concludes that the grazing pressure of kangaroos, across the continent is no more than 8%, and may be as low as 1%, of the total grazing pressure on Australian pastures. Cattle are responsible for between 63% and 68% of total grazing pressure and sheep for between 28% and 31%.

Naturalised populations of introduced grazing animals and other native animals are omitted from the analysis because of lack of data on their numbers.

The indicator also notes that this analysis is based only on how much kangaroos eat, relative to sheep and cattle. It notes that, “aside from dry sheep equivalents, which is a way of comparing only how much vegetation animals consume, not other aspects of their impacts, the impact per animal of native herbivores on the environment is also considerably lower than that of introduced herbivores. Native animals are better adapted to the Australian landscape than introduced grazers.” (Presumably this refers to the fact that they do not have the hard hooves of introduced herbivores and they do not graze down to ground level unless they are unable to move out of an area.)

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The ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has been on Canberra radio saying he is taking the Australian Defence Force to Court for not killing the Belconnen and Majura kangaroos. However when one of our readers pursued the matter with the ACT Government, it appears he has only discussed the possibilty of legal action, and hasn't actually instigated it. It's all political nonsense of course, he's just trying to make the Defence Minister look bad prior to the Federal elections. *NKPC

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The ACT Government will assess the impact Eastern Grey kangaroos are having on properties under its control and will consider culling if necessary. While there's no evidence that populations of kangaroos on ACT controlled land are at dangerous levels, the Government is preparing an action plan to deal with numbers if they increase. The Environment Minister Jon Stanhope says the issue has been brought to the Government's attention after recent population explosions on a number of Defence sites. "We're very aware and there's been a significant focus on the damage that we believe kangaroos are doing at Majura Valley and Lawson," he said.

"We've been monitoring lands that we control and we've now determined or decided that we need a roo management plan for each particular area that we manage to ensure that we put in place the appropriate management regimes. "There are some areas of stress in particular places that we manage where there are large populations of kangaroos. "But at this stage there's no evidence that they're causing the sort of degradation and potential long term damage to ecosystems and to vulnerable species that is occurring at Majura and Lawson." *ABC 28/8/07

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Mark Pearson from Animal Lib NSW and myself (Pat O'Brien) had a meeting a few weeks ago with the Federal Environment Department and Federal Aust. Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS). Both DEH and ourselves we unable to discuss issues relating to our NSW AAT Appeal (which is progressing nicely, with hearings expected early next year), but we did discuss health issues relating to kangaroo meat. Mrs Carol Sheridan, a senior AQIS person, represented AQIS.

We showed her photos (now posted on the NKPC website, www.kangarooo-protection-coalition.com ) showing maggots and heavy fecal contamination on kangaroo carcases hanging in an export 'meat for human consumption' processing plant.

I've heard all sorts of garbage coming from the mouths of senior bureaucrats, but this person really floored me. She blamed it all on the State governments of course, then said that "when people buy game meat, they expected it to be contaminated!" What can I say? *WPAA

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An animal welfare group says it is disturbed by the efforts of ACT politicians to have the Department of Defence go through with a kangaroo cull in Canberra. The Australian Society for Kangaroos says the authorities' attitude left a lot to be desired. "The culture that exists within our government that condones the decimation of remnant kangaroo populations, that already struggle to survive against drought and loss of habitat, is of great concern," president Nikki Sutterby said. "It is without a doubt these callous attitudes have contributed to the escalation of acts of cruelty and illegal slaughters against kangaroos across Australia."

Ms Sutterby said there was no credible evidence to support claims that kangaroos were endangering other species at Belconnen and Majura. "It is clear these animals are not at risk of starvation but maintaining their own population, evident in the significant lack of joeys," she said. "Kangaroo continue to be blamed for the erosion and damage done by decades of overgrazing and destruction by humans and this is evident in many studies conducted by scientists at the University of NSW."

The group's president said there were "a multitude" of humane and non-lethal options available to address concerns about the animals on the two Defence sites, including sterilisation of the males and ongoing monitoring of the population. "And euthanasia when kangaroos are clearly suffering," she said. "This would be the ethical and humane option for these areas." *IBN News

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The ACT government says it is exploring long-term options for the management of kangaroos in reserves across Canberra - and short term solutions to control the population. The government is working on an oral vaccine with the University of Newcastle that could sterilise kangaroos for up to three years. It is also cooperating with an Australian National University study on kangaroo exclusion areas. Mr Stanhope said the long term methods of population control were being explored to avoid periodic culls.

“At least three separate groups of researchers are exploring fertility control methods for macropods, but none of these is expected to be an option for large populations or non-captive populations for several years yet,” he said. “That is why we need to be realistic about the possible need to regularly cull kangaroos in areas where they pose an ecological risk to other species." Mr Stanhope said short term plans were also needed because the fertility controls were some years away, but the kangaroo population was growing thanks to concentrated urban development and a lack of predators.

“It is true that an abundance of kangaroos is not always a problem.... It can be an asset," he said. “(But) land management strategies such as the planned erection of a predator-proof fence at the high-value Mulligans Flat Woodlands Sanctuary, which will inevitably result in a ‘captive’ kangaroo population, can create new challenges.”

The announcement has been warmly welcomed by the ACT Greens. MLA Deb Foskey says it is a good move, although in her eyes a belated one. "We have a responsibility to manage our native grasslands sustainably, to ensure that we can maintain a healthy kangaroo population and to ensure the survival of species such as the earless dragon and legless lizard," she said. "Everything should be on the table, and we need to consider the range of strategies employed by the different states around Australia." IBM NEws30/8/07

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RSPCA backs government roo plan

The RSPCA has applauded the ACT Government's decision to undertake an audit of eastern grey kangaroos. While there is no evidence that populations are at dangerous levels on ACT land, the Environment Minister Jon Stanhope has foreshadowed that the Government may be forced or required to cull kangaroos in the future. The issue has been brought to the Government's attention after an explosion in the roo population on two Defence sites.

The RSPCA's Chief Executive Michael Linke says the Environment Minister is thinking about the future, which is something the Defence Department has refused to do. "He's realised that there is a problem and putting in place a number of strategies and getting experts together so that advice coming into Government is appropriate, so that when decisions are made about kangaroo management in the future, we have a solid policy in place," Mr Linke said. *ABC 30/8/07

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Stella McCartney, the vegetarian designer revered by vegans worldwide, is more used to leading attacks on the fur-loving world of high fashion than being on the receiving end. But that is precisely where she has found herself this week, after animal welfare campaigners launched an assault on the sporting giant behind her sports range for its use of kangaroo leather. Adidas is in the firing line for fuelling what campaigners have dubbed the "largest wildlife slaughter in the world", which sees millions of kangaroos killed each year in Australia for sport, or to be precise for the football boots that are made from their skins.

The timing of the attack could not be worse for Adidas or Ms McCartney, coming just ahead of the debut for her sports line at London Fashion Week next month. Adidas by Stella McCartney is being billed as the grand finale to six days of fashion shows from big names such as Paul Smith and Betty Jackson. The row also threatens to embarrass other members of the McCartney family: Sir Paul has been a fierce critic in the past of Adidas's use of kangaroo skins.

Andrew Tyler, director of Animal Aid, said: "Adidas's use of kangaroo skin is inexcusably cruel. On the question of Stella McCartney's alleged silence, we know she opposes animal cruelty and presume she is taking the steps she feels appropriate to press the company to stop the use of kangaroo skins." Sir Paul has campaigned for Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva!). "Please do all you can to help Viva! end this shameful massacre," he has said.

Viva! scored a major coup last month, which culminated in the Californian Supreme Court banning the sale of football boots and other products made from kangaroo leather. The ruling was a second major embarrassment for Adidas, coming after David Beckham hung up his kangaroo- skin Predator boots and demanded a synthetic pair. UK Independent. 26 August 2007

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A good article about kangaroo farming!

The ruse of farming 'roos By Ian Mott - posted Thursday, 16 February 2006

There is much touting of the benefits of farming native species but it is quite clear that none of the proponents have bothered with a proper costing under realistic conditions. So this article will take the dreamers and the urban visionaries on a wee trip out reality way. So come along now, it’s not that far, and it won't hurt at all if you stay on the track.

The first thing you need to know is that kangaroos need a 2.4m high fence, preferably mesh. And that means a 3m post. A standard 0.9m wire fence for sheep or cattle is about $5 per metre. So if we take a typical 120ha coastal property that is 400m wide and 3km deep, it will need 6,800m of boundary fences. At $5 a metre that is $34,000 for an average boundary fence. A kangaroo fence would be at least triple that. That is, $102,000 before any division into grazing cells. Cut that up into six paddocks with five new cross fences and add another 2,000m at $15/m and this supposedly simple common sense alternative farming is loaded with $132,000 in debt before a single kangaroo is bought or sold. At 7 per cent interest that is $9,240 each year on top of all existing expenses.

Ten kangaroos eat the grass of one cow and most coastal pastures will run a cow to the hectare. So this typical property would carry a mob of 1,200 adult kangaroos which would enable the sale of 400 each year comprising young surplus males and older post breeding females. But wait, if the property is 30 per cent forested, as most are, then the carrying capacity will drop to about 900 kangaroos. Neither kangaroos nor cows eat trees, remember? So the cost of the fence will need to be covered by the revised third of the mob that is available for sale each year. This will amount to $30.80 each animal sold.

And of course, looking after 900 kangaroos is going to be even more work than looking after 90 cows. For a start, cows don't slam into fences some 2m off the ground at 60km/h like kangaroos do. So we will need at least an average full-time wage of $50,000 a year to run the farm or $167 for each kangaroo sold.

Toss in, among other things, rates, fuel and vehicle depreciation and we need another $20,000, or $67 for each kangaroo sold. Add the standard 5 per cent return on the value of the land (at $10,000 per hectare) that the rest of the community expects and we get 5 per cent of $1,200,000 or another $60,000 a year. And this adds another $200 to the cost of each kangaroo sold.

All up, each kangaroo sold will have to be worth $465 more than what the farmer paid for it, or could have received for it if he sold it as a joey the year before. The problem is, according to Michael Archer and Tim Flannery, that the young male and mature female Eastern Grey Kangaroos only weigh an average of about 31kg live weight. And this means their cost price would be $15/kg in the yard against the current beef price of about $2.00/kg. And this would mean the retail price of kangaroo meat would be 7.5 times higher than the current price of beef. And that would mean the urban consumer would need to pay $150/kg for kangaroo steak and $75/kg for mince.

And before any Australian farmer would go to the trouble of writing off all his existing fences and make the investment needed to switch to kangaroo farming, he will need an absolute cast iron guarantee from the urban public that they will:

purchase the same amount of meat that they do now; pay the full $150/kg for that meat rather than buy the imported $20/kg beef that sits on the supermarket shelf beside the kangaroo meat; and agree to subsidise enough kangaroo meat (by $13/kg live weight) to ensure that we retain all our existing export markets. Fat chance?

In effect, point 2 above, would amount to a 650 per cent tariff on imported meat while point 3 would amount to a similar scale export subsidy for our even greater volume of export meat. It is a level that would make even the most recalcitrant Euro-spiv blush. And in the face of such excess, our trading partners would have great difficulty taking us seriously in any trade negotiations.

So there can be only one conclusion here. Without these undertakings no farm in Australia could survive. And even if they were forthcoming, there is no doubting that kangaroo farming is unsustainable. Worse, the myth of sustainable kangaroo farming is a dangerous delusion of the ill-informed that can be used to portray conventional farmers as lazy, ignorant folk who will not innovate to save their own skin. Nothing could be further from the truth. And the last thing they need when dealing with the environmental challenges they face is the fatuous whimsies of half-baked urban planeteers who decry the supposed unsustainable practice of existing farming operations while promoting a far less sustainable alternative. Article edited by Angus Ibbott. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4159

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Animal Friends Croatia have a good article about kangaroo killing on their website at http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=60

Another one here from the Animal Protection Institute http://www.awpc.org.au/kangaroos/book_files/killingforprofit.htm

Another here from VIVA! http://www.savethekangaroo.com/resources/KangarooReport.shtml

Another from Animal Liberation http://www.animalliberation.org.au/comkang.php

ACF Policy on Kangaroo Killing http://www.acfonline.org.au/articles/news.asp?news_id=391&c=293159

Animals Voice article here http://www.animalsvoice.com/PAGES/features/wilson.html