is it possible to farm kangaroos?

Answer 1

"she said only people who are basically "hillbillies" do that. She said she had never even seen a Kangeroo in the wild."

Kangaroo is served in many excellent restaurants and many people eat it when it is available. It goes brilliantly with fresh beetroot. There is nothing "hillbilly" associated with eating kangaroo. If your friend lives in the city, she probably hasn't seen a kangaroo in the wild. She should move to Canberra, Australia's capital city. Kangaroos often come into the suburbs to eat people's lawns.

Answer 2

i have wondered about this myself!
Roos live happily in zoos, large and small so at the out set it looks viable.
They are so much more suited to australian climate- and dont wreck the soils like cows do,.... BUt, there are some major obstacle's, not least of all is that its illegal, to farm native species. (having said that, we do have large emu farms...)
OTher reasons that make it difficult:
* Fencing, much larger fences required- thus much more expensive. Although Emus also require larger fences they do not require as larger "home range" as roos would.
* The amount of edible meat available from an animal is much less ( by proportion) to that of other meat animals (if all australia were to switch from beef to Roo we would not have enough land space to produce the required quantity). This is due to the way they use their muscles, an possible nematode/worn infection, However both of these problems may be greatly reduced in a controlled (feed) farm situation.
* Slaughter also presents a problem, as most macropods ( Roos and wallabys) are susseptable to a stress disease/disorder called myopsy. It causes the muscles of the animal to start disintegrating when the animal is stressed. This basically makes it impossible to use current methods and infrastructure of transporting (live) animals to a abattoir. Solutions to this problem maybe to kill animal on ( farm) site. HOwever in most states where this had been occurring for venison, have just banned the practice- due to health and safety issues. I think this issue is the single biggest obstacle in farming roos. BUT the species Red kangaroo does not get myopsy, so that may be a way around the issue. I have also heard of roving butchers that will come to your house to kill- this may be just for personal use- not sure.

these are the major issue i can think of, might be more.
:)
lets do it!