https://www.change.org/p/relocate-mernda-mob-of-innocent-kangaroos-before-they-die WE NEED TO BE THE VOICE FOR THESE KANGAROOS! AUSTRALIA NEEDS TO HELP OUR PRECIOUS NATIVE SPECIES AND STOP WAITING FOR THEM TO DIE! Once again, human development has trapped a mob of Macropods in a small and unsustainable area, with limited food supply and without access to water. Many people look forward to visiting Australia because they want to
Read moreAnimal welfare charity Viva! scores another victory in long-standing kangaroo campaign as budget supermarket chain Lidl finally caves to public pressure and ends trade in kangaroo meat. With frozen food giants Iceland dropping sales earlier this year, Lidl had remained the only UK supermarket carrying the meat on occasion as part of their weekly promotional deals. Marketing the ‘deluxe
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In October 2017 the Australian Society for Kangaroos were contacted by a neighbour of a property owner that was to use an Authority to Control Wildlife Permit (ACTW, cull permit) on Eastern Grey Kangaroos that were accessing his land at Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula. He asked the organisation to help with trying to save the kangaroos. In communication with
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The Australian Wildlife Protection Council were very busy last week trying to put a halt to clearing on the median strip of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. This vegetation is home to wildllife including possums, nesting birds, echidna and reptiles. We were outraged that VicRoads used a ‘forestry machine’ to clear everything in it’s path and that the works commenced in
Read moreAustralia is a very prosperous country. Many Australians are making vast amounts of money from the mining industry, forestry, housing and investments. Money should be put towards our iconic wildlife, the same wildlife that brings in billions of tourist dollars every year. They are also integral to our biodiversity and the health of the land and our people. They
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