Call An Immediate Independent Review Into Kangaroo Management In ACT


Call An Immediate Independent Review Into Kangaroo Management In ACT
The issue
The ACT GreensLabor government has been needlessly slaughtering Eastern Grey kangaroos for over a decade. They claim that kangaroos are of pest proportions within the ACT, and that they are endangering other species and ecosystems. Recent research conducted by Save Canberra’s Kangaroos (facebook) contradicts these claims.
Among other things, the government's methods of counting have been shown to be unreliable by biostatistician Ms Claire Galea, who specialises in the investigation of population time trends.
“There is insufficient data to provide any reliable population estimates or subsequent quotas for kangaroos in the ACT. Based on this review it is impossible to have any confidence in the population estimates provided, or that the subsequent quotas do not pose significant threat to kangaroo populations across the ACT”
The ACT government must conduct an independent review into the management of kangaroos immediately! And until the results of this review are made available, the culling of this beautiful, native species must be brought to a halt.
The ACT LaborGreens government is seemingly content with wiping out one of our longest surviving native animals. Help us put a stop to this before it’s too late.
The issue
The ACT GreensLabor government has been needlessly slaughtering Eastern Grey kangaroos for over a decade. They claim that kangaroos are of pest proportions within the ACT, and that they are endangering other species and ecosystems. Recent research conducted by Save Canberra’s Kangaroos (facebook) contradicts these claims.
Among other things, the government's methods of counting have been shown to be unreliable by biostatistician Ms Claire Galea, who specialises in the investigation of population time trends.
“There is insufficient data to provide any reliable population estimates or subsequent quotas for kangaroos in the ACT. Based on this review it is impossible to have any confidence in the population estimates provided, or that the subsequent quotas do not pose significant threat to kangaroo populations across the ACT”
The ACT government must conduct an independent review into the management of kangaroos immediately! And until the results of this review are made available, the culling of this beautiful, native species must be brought to a halt.
The ACT LaborGreens government is seemingly content with wiping out one of our longest surviving native animals. Help us put a stop to this before it’s too late.
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Petition created on 29 September 2022