Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

Kangaroo is one hell of a pest in Australia. It's a native, which made it illegal for the general populace to hunt in the early 2000's (this doesn't apply to Australian Aboriginals). Non-Aboriginals who want to hunt them have to go through tedious multi-day "ethics" courses on about how you should and shouldn't hunt them, and even after that your options are limited and the process is ridiculous.

Unfortunately this has led to kangaroos reaching plague proportions. They destroy farms, tear down fences and generally be a nuisance. You can barely drive through rural roads without breaking a sweat in case a kangaroo jumps in the way of your car.

The problem here is multi-fold.

The location issue:-

1. Due to Australia's sharp weather, areas could suddenly fall under drought which would result in a sharp decline in kangaroo numbers.

2. As a result of this, kangaroo culling is disincentivized in other areas even though there is an uptick rather than a decline.

The species issue:-

1. There were originally about eight distinct breeds or so of kangaroo, but things like hunting and drought has reduced the numbers of those species dramatically.

2. The outcome was to limit the amount of kangaroo culling so as to not affect other breeds.

3. As a result, overall numbers haven't declined - rather they have sharply risen - and certain breeds have "muscled out" the at-risk breeds.

Firearms laws in Australia:-

1. The Australian government banned most firearms after a massacre in 1996.

2. The Australian public has since come to find guns "dirty" and Australian lawmakers (coincidentally, those belonging to the same parties that outlawed hunting of kangaroos) do not want to promote firearms (even in a licensed, limited fashion)

3. Promoting the culling of these species would run counter to their political discourse for the last couple of decades.

Random fact, not all kanagroos are a pest some are endangered.

Most of their meat is not for the western taste buds. The steak part is on par with beef. But then it gets pretty gameie pretty quick.

Environmentalists have eaten kangaroos (often without eating any other meats) for years so this is not a new idea. It's in most supermarkets.

Camel is another pest that was sold commonly for a while, but seems to have stopped.

Horses and cats are other meats that should be added in.

Really? Why? Here in Australia the meat isn't very popular despite supply, gets used mostly in pet food (and the leather is used as well). I'm sure we'd happily export it to anyone interested, why would Cali ban it?

If its gamey it means you are wayyyy over cooking it! It literally goes off a cliff after medium rare so stick to that max :)

Also population of chickens and possibly cows are outnumbering us a lot, that is not a reason to eat them.