Recently The Guardian printed an article called ‘Like champagne, mate’: how a US kangaroo ban could kill off an Indigenous opportunity | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian
The following is an emotional response from an Indigenous woman, Aunty Ro, who is devastated by the way Australia kills her beloved Indigenous animal totem – the kangaroo.
Approximately 60% of Australia’s land is used for grazing livestock and growing crops. Another 17% is mined by mining companies. Agriculture and mining utilise 77% of Australia’s total land mass. At least 80% of Australia has been cleared of native vegetation. Australia has lost 25% rainforest, 45% of open forest, 32% woodland forest and 30% of mallee forest in 200 […]
In Australia, kangaroos are considered pests by many farmers and graziers. They claim that kangaroos compete with their livestock and cause damage to crops, fences and equipment. Some farmers would like to see kangaroos erased from the landscape. This story is not a new one. Farmers hunted the Thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, to extinction. In the early […]