Australia to shoot 6,000 kangaroos(to protect endangered plants, insects, and reptiles)

CANBERRA, Australia —

Australia's army has started shooting 6,000 kangaroos to thin their population on an army training ground near the capital, an official said Friday, outraging conservationists who have vowed to protest.

The killings are intended to protect endangered plants and insects that share the grassy habitat with the kangaroos. A much smaller slaughter of 400 kangaroos on another Defense Department site in Canberra last year was disrupted by protesters.

Civilian marksmen contracted by the department began shooting the kangaroos on Tuesday night at Defense's Majura Training Area, where an estimated 9,000 of the wild marsupials roam, Army Brig. Brian Dawson told reporters.

"The culling is intended to reduce the kangaroo population to sustainable levels," Dawson said, describing the action as that of a "responsible landowner."

The nighttime shooting is expected to continue intermittently until August. The training ground covers more than 7,400 acres (3,000 hectares) and includes grenade and artillery firing ranges.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009195353_apasaustraliakillingkangaroos.html

Too long to include in subject line I wanted to add protect all of the above 'according to a government report'. Not trying to mislead, that is why I included that info in the subject line.

But if not, perhaps you could lead by example and help eliminate the "problem", starting with you and yours :)

a murder suicide? You sick fuck.

Sounds like a bunch of people with tunnel vision for warm & fuzzy megafauna are interfering with science-based wildlife management. They're like the "Flat Earthers" of the environmental movement.

All because of a minnow that lives in the Sacramento Delta. Tens of thousands of immigrant farm workers out of work, lines around the corner at valley food banks, and higher prices on the way for every veggie lover this side of the Atlantic Ocean. These geniuses must be related in some way.