Crédit photos: Kangaroos Alive
One of Australia’s most recognisable and renowned icons in the world, the kangaroo, will get its own international day of celebration this Saturday 24 October, with the first ever World Kangaroo Day. One Voice joins forces with its partners.
In Australia, kangaroos are considered a pest...
Mick McIntyre, the investigative filmmaker behind award-winning 2019 controversial documentary ‘Kangaroo: A love-hate story’ (which the Premiere in France in 2018 in Paris and Strasbourg was launched by One Voice) and co-founder of Kangaroos Alive who have helped create World Kangaroo Day, said,
Renowned supporters
Legendary cricketer and animal advocate Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie will join Kangaroos Alive, a not-for-profit dedicated to the ethical treatment of kangaroos and the Animal Justice Party, rallying support from around the world for a moratorium on the commercial killing of kangaroos – which continues to operate despite the unknown impact to kangaroo populations in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires, regarded as one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history. Thanks to the public support we were able to help the injured animals through local charities.
Gillespie said:
said Gillespie.
A new survey shows a clear majority against the slaughter of kangaroos
The move to protect kangaroos from commercial hunting is supported by the majority of NSW residents, a new survey by the NSW Animal Justice Party has found, with NSW the primary state for the commercial killing of kangaroos.
The study of 1000+ NSW residents confirmed the majority (74%) believed the NSW Government should do a population count of kangaroos as well as a scientific assessment of the impact of the fires on kangaroos and other wildlife, while just 15% agreed kangaroo killing should continue.
Despite the Black Summer bushfires the NSW kangaroo kill quota for 2020 is even higher than 2019.
The Hon Mark Pearson MLC, Animal Justice Party, said,
Mr Pearson said a national moratorium on the commercial killing of kangaroos to protect the kangaroo by law, is what’s needed to ensure populations can properly recover.
The belief that kangaroos exist in plague proportions and therefore should be culled is baseless, given there’s no recent study of population size.
said Pearson.
Everyone can sign the petition (and post a selfie with kangaroo ears) for a moratorium on the commercial killing of kangaroos at: https://www.worldkangarooday.org/
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