2007-11-03 10:12:47 · 8 answers · asked by what u talkin' bout? 7 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
No. All native animals in Australia are protected except in specific circumstances. You can hunt the introduced animals - pigs, goats, buffalo, donkeys, camels etc provided your guns are licensed and you have permission from the landowner. There is a kangaroo cull every year to keep numbers down in grazing areas. The people who shoot the kangaroos must have a licence to do so and an allocation of so many roos. They are also allowed to shoot only particular species.
Kangaroo meat is popular in Australia but most of it is used for pet food as the transport of carcases is not up to the correct hygeine standards for human consumption.
Since Europeans arrived, kangaroo numbers have increased considerably. Provision of permanent water and pasture has been good for kangaroos as well as sheep and cattle. There are more kangaroos now than there were 200 years ago. This does not apply to all species and some are threatened or endangered - which is why roo shooters have to be licensed. Farmers can get permission to reduce numbers on their farms but they usually have to get a licensed shooter to do it. Ordinary Australians are not permitted to shoot kangaroos.
2007-11-03 11:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes,Kangaroo's aren't pets they are Pests,kill all of them but the way they breed that is impossible.
In drought (as we are now) the female is able to put a hold on her eggs from being fertilized for up to 7 years.
2007-11-03 13:12:18 · answer #2 · answered by waltzsingmatilda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are culls when their numbers get too high.
But it is not open slather-only registered shooters selected for that purpose.
Many farmers kill kangaroos on their land sometimes just to provide dog food.
2007-11-03 13:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by Zed 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes in certain areas. On King Island in Bass Straight they cull Wallaby in large numbers and send the meat and furs to europe, massive lucrative business.
It may be against the law to cull roo, but I know plenty of people that pot them off all the time, theres millions of em.
2007-11-03 22:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a season on culling kangaroos in the outback, but no we don't just shoot them for the fun of it, there are millions of them and they are a nuisance to farmers.
2007-11-03 17:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by cjid84 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but the government does keep tabs on the numbers, and they do kill them in controlled situations because of their overpopulation!!! They are worse than rabbits.
2007-11-03 15:06:19 · answer #6 · answered by tamijmc 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends where u live, i used to live in tassi, we had a farm there we'd go roo shootin every week to feed the dogs.
2007-11-03 23:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by * mandie * 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now we are not they are protected
2007-11-03 11:42:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jared C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋