The Wire

Animal welfare groups have taken legal action in a bid to stop or reduce the annual kangaroo cull. The Wildlife Protection Association are challenging the NSW Kangaroo Management Plan in the administrative appeals tribunal – and say the current plan – to allow three million kangaroos to be shot nationwide is a disgrace. Each year commercial shooters are given a cull quota – based on surveys of the roo population. Some scientists argue that kangaroo harvesting is necessary to prevent a boom and bust population cycle – and to reduce damage to farm lands.