They just need an incentive to do so. Privatization could also help reduce grazing pressures. If kangaroos were more valuable than cattle or sheep, farmers would keep less livestock, which could be good for the environment. Under this scenario, landholders would work with the kangaroo industry on branding, marketing, and quality control. Leon Zanker is all for it. Uncle Max says indigenous law permits hunting, but only seasonally and not during times of breeding.
Nor should anything be wasted. Every part of a kangaroo should be used: meat for eating and sharing; sinew for making thread; skin for warm, waterproof garments, sewn with needles made from the bones; fur for bags and clothing. But the relationship is about more than utility. Kangaroos are central players in the rich symbolic world Aboriginals call the Dreamtime—stories that explain life and creation. Songlines are part of this—paths across the outback that mark the routes traveled by ancestors.
Uncle Max says kangaroo culls are damaging these tracks. Despite their long association with kangaroos, indigenous Australians have little say in how their country treats its national symbol. While there may be no single indigenous stance—groups are too geographically and culturally diverse—most agree that culling is a big concern.
After all, they did just fine for thousands of years. But that industry should be monopolized by Aboriginal people. Give us the licenses. Let us do this. It would require a lot of champions within the parliamentary systems.
But it could be done. All three are interconnected in our lore. Understand that connection. Come out here to embrace. All rights reserved. Red kangaroos thrive in arid grasslands like these in Sturt National Park.
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According to a report published by the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, kangaroos are seen as national pests. Kangaroo management plans, reports and research. Kangaroo management zones. Public register of kangaroo harvesting licences. Topics Animals and plants Wildlife management Kangaroo management Kangaroo population monitoring and reporting Kangaroo population monitoring and reporting We monitor kangaroo numbers across New South Wales so that we can establish appropriate quotas for harvesting to maintain ecologically sustainable populations of kangaroos.
Page last updated 10 June The following buttons will open a feedback form below Was this page helpful? Yes No. The local governments have emphasized the scientific methods they use to monitor the changes in the kangaroo population and stated that the quotas have rarely been utilized to their fullest in the past.
In the state of South Australia, the quota has risen from , in to , this year. But does the quota system work?
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