They Shoot Kangaroos
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They Shoot Kangaroos
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#2More appropriate title: Idiots get in the way of government environmental sustainability engineers. Those engineers are removing a pest. Let them do their job.
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#3More appropriate title: Idiots get in the way of government environmental sustainability engineers. Those engineers are removing a pest. Let them do their job.
Here here.
To non Australians, they seem like cute puppies that bounce, but in reality they're a huge pest and terrifying when they appear out of nowhere on the highway.
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#4"pest tag", the most useful thing since the sliced bread. Justifying all our destroying ecosystems dreams since the dodo, moa and tasmanian tiger.
Buy now the "pest tag" argument and take to your home also the "but, there is still lots and lots of tuna" and "nobody thinks in the billions of cattle killed by wolves each saturday" tags for free.
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#5"pest tag", the most useful thing since the sliced bread. Justifying all our destroying ecosystems dreams since the dodo, moa and tasmanian tiger. Buy now the "pest tag" argument and take to your home also the "but, there is still lots and lots of tuna" and "nobody thinks in the billions of cattle killed by wolves each saturday" tags for free.
Except this pest is so numerous they over-eat an area, ruining that area and starving all other grazing animals, then starve themselves so they must expand to conquer other areas or die out themselves. Here they're expanding.
You use the word "ecosystem" so you must realise it's a system which requires balance, not just blindly saying "don't kill this animal".
The people behind these culls are nature conservationists considering the entire ecosystem and all its participants, not moronic hunters eradicating a species for trophies or sport.
Re: They Shoot Kangaroos
#6More appropriate title: Idiots get in the way of government environmental sustainability engineers. Those engineers are removing a pest. Let them do their job.
Here here. To non Australians, they seem like cute puppies that bounce, but in reality they're a huge pest and terrifying when they appear out of nowhere on the highway.
When driving from Kalgoorlie (a remote mining town in the middle of the desert) to Perth (the capital city in that state) one must complete the 6 hour drive across featureless plains during the daylight hours only.
Trying to drive at night will result in kangaroos approaching your headlights, then your passenger vehicle is hitting a 200lb (90kg) mammal whilst driving at 70mph (110kmh) which is never going to end well.
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#7"pest tag", the most useful thing since the sliced bread. Justifying all our destroying ecosystems dreams since the dodo, moa and tasmanian tiger. Buy now the "pest tag" argument and take to your home also the "but, there is still lots and lots of tuna" and "nobody thinks in the billions of cattle killed by wolves each saturday" tags for free.
Kangaroos in Australia are like deer in north america. Almost all of Australia has no people on it. Only the few cities along the coast. Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, and the gold coast. Look at a map and look at all the land not occupied.
Your knee jerk reaction does not coincide with real world data. Kangaroos are abundant and very powerful animals.
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#8Some animals you can kill, some you cant, the hypocrisy of people. If this article offends you, think about where you live and how many animals used to live there, or the amount of deforestation caused to make your food, be it vegan or not.
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#9"Fletcher goes full kangaroo, drooping his head, hunching his shoulders, dangling his hands from his chest and zigzagging slowly forward."
This is my new dance, the 'full kanga.'
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here here. To non Australians, they seem like cute puppies that bounce, but in reality they're a huge pest and terrifying when they appear out of nowhere on the highway.
When driving from Kalgoorlie (a remote mining town in the middle of the desert) to Perth (the capital city in that state) one must complete the 6 hour drive across featureless plains during the daylight hours only. Trying to drive at night will result in kangaroos approaching your headlights, then your passenger vehicle is hitting a 200lb (90kg) mammal whilst driving at 70mph (110kmh) which is never going to end well…
Yowch! Even with bull bars, that's never going to be fun