Here is Australia's Dirty Secret...it is home to the largest wildlife massacre in the world. And Canberra, the nation's capitol, has earned the title, "Kangaroo Killing Capitol of the World". The title is well earned. Last year, the government massacred over 500 kangaroos on a decommissioned military base. They refused all non-lethal solutions, including relocation. This year they plan to kill 5,000 kangaroos including mothers and babies, and they plan to do it in secret because they don't want negative publicity. To learn more: http://www.kangaroolives.com/ The government doesn't protect public land from cattle or horse over-grazing; the only solution the government provides is to first blame and then kill the kangaroo. All information presented to the public is confusing, and conflicting. The Australian government has shown no respect to its own national icon, the gentle kangaroo, and is "managing" Australia's native land and animals to death. Sign this petition to tell Australia's government to immediately stop this kangaroo cull, and to actively research and provide alternative solutions. Your signature and comments will be delivered via email to the Australian government.
Here is Australia's Dirty Secret...it is home to the largest wildlife massacre in the world. And Canberra, the nation's capitol, has earned the title, "Kangaroo Killing Capitol of the World". The title is well earned. Last year, the government massacred over 500 kangaroos on a decommissioned military base. They refused all non-lethal solutions, including relocation. This year they plan to kill 5,000 kangaroos including mothers and babies, and they plan to do it in secret because they don't want negative publicity. To learn more: http://www.kangaroolives.com/ The government doesn't protect public land from cattle or horse over-grazing; the only solution the government provides is to first blame and then kill the kangaroo. All information presented to the public is confusing, and conflicting. The Australian government has shown no respect to its own national icon, the gentle kangaroo, and is "managing" Australia's native land and animals to death. Sign this petition to tell Australia's government to immediately stop this kangaroo cull, and to actively research and provide alternative solutions. Your signature and comments will be delivered via email to the Australian government.
We, the undersigned, would like the Australian government to immediately stop the killing of Canberra's kangaroos. Quit blaming the kangaroo; find solutions that allow them to co-exist. And quit providing confusing and conflicting information to the public in support of poor research.
The following question have been asked by Dr. Mark Drummond, and they need to be answered. Nothing except killing the kangaroo was presented in the "management" plan. This government is "managing" the native land and animals to death.
QUESTIONS FOR WHICH GOOD ANSWERS ARE SOUGHT NOW FOLLOW: (1) What measures have the ACT Government taken over the past decade to minimise or eliminate the need to cull any kangaroos in the ACT, and how successful have each of these measures been?
(2) Please list the measures the ACT Government plans to take (i) in 2009 and (ii) over the next decade to minimise or eliminate the need to cull any kangaroos in the ACT, and please state which of these measures the ACT Government believes, according to the best available scientific evidence, are most likely to achieve the most success?
(3) Please list all of the ACT land locations where cattle currently graze, and the numbers of cattle that graze on each of these locations (in terms of numbers of cattle, days grazed at locations per year, or equivalent clearly understood measures)?
(4) How many cattle graze on ACT lands at the present time (in terms of total numbers of cattle in the ACT)?
(5) How many cattle graze on the ACT land adjacent to the Defence land at Lawson where 514 kangaroos were killed in 2008 (in terms of numbers of cattle, days grazed at this Lawson location, or equivalent clearly understood measures)?
(6) Please list all of the endangered plants and animals that live on ACT lands currently grazed on by cattle, along with the locations where each of these species lives.
(7) Please list all of the endangered plants and animals that live on the ACT land at Lawson adjacent to the Defence land where 514 kangaroos were killed in 2008.
(8) What, according to the best available scientific evidence the ACT Government is aware of, is an environmentally sustainable population for the ACT of (i) humans, (ii) eastern grey kangaroos, and (iii) cattle?
(9) To what extent would (i) endangered plants and animals and (ii) eastern grey kangaroos have their life prospects enhanced if all military bases currently in the ACT relocated out of the ACT, leaving the ACT free of all military bases?
(10) Will the ACT Government approach the Commonwealth Government to have all military bases relocated away from the ACT in order to protect the ACT environment?
(11) To what extent are the endangered grasslands and other endangered plant and animal species present at the Majura Training Area threatened and damaged by (i) eastern grey kangaroos, (ii) rabbits, (iii) cats, (iv) dogs, (v) cattle grazing if any, (vi) military training, (vii) human activity besides military training, (viii) African love grass, (ix) invasive plants other than African love grass (please specify any such plants), and (x) other factors (please specify)?
(12) Please list all of the ACT land locations where African love grass exists, and for each of these locations please state whether (i) eastern grey kangaroos, (ii) cattle, and (ii) endangered plant or animal species of concern to the ACT government are also found at these locations?
We signed the "URGENT - Stop the killing of kangaroo babies like this." petition!
# 1,879:
11:01 pm PDT, Jun 24,Karla Fischer, New York
# 1,878:
11:57 am PDT, Jun 22,Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin
# 1,877:
11:21 am PDT, Jun 21,Slavoljub Zaric, Canada
Stop killing kangroos!
# 1,876:
11:19 am PDT, Jun 21,Olga Zaric, Canada
Poor baby! We must stop this!
# 1,875:
5:31 am PDT, Jun 18,Tina Chant, United Kingdom
# 1,874:
8:28 am PDT, Jun 16,Lu Haner, Massachusetts
# 1,873:
3:10 pm PDT, Jun 15,Roberto Angarita Vargas, Colombia
# 1,872:
11:18 am PDT, Jun 15,Tina Halloran, Pennsylvania
# 1,871:
3:11 am PDT, Jun 15,Emilie Cronauer, Connecticut
Dear Australian government and military,
I would appreciate it infinitely if you could read my comment.
I must say I can barely write this because my hands shake from shock and sadness.
Will you telling why in the name of god you can't sell these Kangaroo's to Zoos. What you are doing is quite like ethnic cleansing in the first place, and definately murder. You can even get your way and remove the Kangaroo's in a manner that is humane, and could please everyone. In a manner that involves allowing these living beings at least the right to exist, your national animals, not being painfully killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are that impatient? You are that ... what, greedy? That you cannot take the slightest bit of effort to at least do this more humanely.
The secret is out now. I know, I have told many people, another 1870 people know, and care enough to sign this petition, which means they will be telling many people.
Listen to how many of them are boycotting ALL of your goods, and your entire tourism industry. What a terrible move for the economic health of your Country. YOU ARE HURTING YOUR OWN PEOPLE, the STRENGTH OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY!!!!You are hurting your own people, their businesses, and their opportunity to experience the beauty, uniqueness and richness of your Country. So, you are DEEPLY HURTING YOURSELF by doing this!!!!!
If you do not stop, your reputation will be damaged to a point that will make you look like one of the worst Countries if not the worst Country in the "1st world"
Not that my Country is that great.
But at least we don't do anything like this to our National animal.
I know of your policy concerning the Tasmanian Tiger, "Oooh, we must deny the possibility of an amazing animal that has been deemed extinct, (and is a natural predator of the Kangaroo by the way), but there have been MANY MANY sightings of Tasmanian Tigers to this day.
There are MANY alternatives to killing the Kangaroo's, and the money could easily be raised, if the project even requires money. Selling them to Zoo's seems like it would bring you money!!!!!!!!!!!
You know, all of the upper ranking Nazi officials that worked at the death camps were required to go through a training period of slaughtering animals, including babies, in a manner that was painful for the animals.
On a final note, I send you no pain or harmful wishes. I kneel before you and BEG OF YOU WITH ALL MY BEING TO STOP MURDERING THEM< ESPECIALLY THE MOMS AND THE BABIES!!!!!!!!! I send you all the love and blessings I can. And I pray that you will do the right thing, for your Country.
Most sincerely and respectfully,
Emilie Cronauer
# 1,870:
9:05 am PDT, Jun 14,Jennifer Alward, Canada
# 1,869:
1:54 pm PDT, Jun 13,Alan Harvey, United Kingdom
Come on sport! The Kangaroo is your national symbol. How the f*ck can you kill them!
# 1,868:
11:22 am PDT, Jun 11,Jane Bowditch, United Kingdom
# 1,867:
10:24 pm PDT, Jun 10,Nadiah Abdullah, Malaysia
# 1,866:
8:33 am PDT, Jun 10,Bonfiglio Carole, France
# 1,865:
2:11 pm PDT, Jun 8,Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 1,864:
1:50 pm PDT, Jun 7,Name not displayed, Finland
# 1,863:
9:10 am PDT, Jun 7,Elisa Minakis, Canada
# 1,862:
1:51 pm PDT, Jun 5,Name not displayed, Kentucky
Inhuman bastards!
# 1,861:
1:42 pm PDT, Jun 2,Goddess Lozz, United Kingdom
# 1,860:
6:54 pm PDT, Jun 1,Justin Trigg, South Carolina
There is so much unexplained phenomenon with kangaroos, why waste it. Donate the live babies to science and adoption...Hey, perhaps you could make a few bucks like all the other Gov. "stewards"
# 1,859:
6:22 pm PDT, Jun 1,Frida Simms, Virginia
# 1,858:
12:48 pm PDT, Jun 1,Kathleen Ostic, Michigan
Why is murder not labeled as such when government orders it? This IS murder, plain & simple, in black & white. These animals are not being hunted for food; therefore, they are being killed for no justifiable purpose. We NEED to value what God has given us, which definitely includes animals! They possess lives, just as we do. Would you want to be rounded up among your peers and all shot to death? What if government came up with reason to do just that..... would it then be justifiable? Please, stop these beautiful God-given & made creatures from being slaughtered. Thanks so much for your time & attention in this matter.
# 1,857:
4:39 pm PDT, May 30,Anita Parsons, Australia
# 1,856:
2:13 pm PDT, May 30,Stephanie Huff, Missouri
sincerely stephanie huff