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Posted by BROCK, Sunday, 23 March 2008 2:09:14 PM
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This issue has become emotive as evidenced by the Canberra Times front page today revealing the negative response to the RSPCA's support of the roo cull. Staff have been threatened and abused and support withdrawn for future donations. While the RSPCA has not always acted strongly enough on some issues of animal cruelty (eg. live animal exports, battery eggs and intensive farming) I tend to agree with this article that the reaction is unwarranted and unfair.
Article posted below: http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/whowillrescuerspca-kangaroo-cull-leads-to-verbalattack-donation-withdrawals/1207963.html Suggestions by some to relocate the animals rather than cull would be ideal but not feasible. My understanding is that roos are highly territorial and moving them will just create problems in the new location and in any event the kangaroos will pull out all stops to return to Canberra (their territorial home). Kangaroos are rife in Canberra as Brock states. The humane killing of roos to prevent death from starvation can hardly be compared to whaling. The explosion in roo populations in and around the ACT was exacerbated by the 2003 fires which destroyed large tracts of vegetation - the worst affected areas still look bare and stark (and full of starving kangaroos). Greenpeace is not run by hippies this is an urban myth - in latter years it has become more corporate. Some activists argue that Greenpeace is too 'tame'(Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd for one). Greenpeace was started by an not so young group of people in Canada from a Qaker background who concerned themselves initially with anti-nuclear activity and then became more environmentally focussed. Greenpeace membership is surprisingly diverse. Posted by pelican, Sunday, 23 March 2008 6:48:44 PM
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StG, you appear to be asking me for evidence that I saw something on the street a few years back. Is that right?
"Sustainability can only be measured by the amount of people that is needed with the resources that are available. Evolution, there are plenty of ways to 'measure' sustainability. Posted by freediver, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 1:39:20 PM
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So! They think, they are right, and they think that, they are right, and they think they are right too! LMAF! Everyone wants there piece of greed, or the planet, and that's the problem. As population grows, the more we lose control of it all, and that's a fact!. So who has the right to control this world? and all that's in it? This is were the world is up too. We have complicated everything, cause to many people are having their right to have a opinion. See the problem!
Posted by evolution, Friday, 28 March 2008 9:40:32 PM
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So to continue! The thing's with roo,s. Its been happening this way for millions of years, and with more species than you can think of. Pigs,sheep,cattel, we have control of them. The only thing we don't have a handle on, is ourselves. and that's a fact! The people say, if you want whale meat, go for it! Don't say I didn't warn you.( cause if one thinks its alright, the whole world will follow) and sheep people we are!
Sustainability, we are in control of, and you all know it! So if we are in such control, why is there so much mess? Greenpeace! Well, they have their own agenda,( And I have mine, and I know, over population is whats causing it all) and it still comes back to looking out for our own piece of greed. I wonder who will win. I will have no part in this off the planet thinking, cause all I have is an opinion. At least Iam honest about it. Posted by evolution, Friday, 28 March 2008 10:40:59 PM
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I agree. If someone wants to eat whale meat, they should go for it.
Is it illegal to import whale meat into Australia? Posted by freediver, Monday, 31 March 2008 6:34:53 PM
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I wonder how many protesters to the culling (killing) of Canberra's kangaroos have ever seen how many malnurished kangaroos are dieing in the paddocks of Canberra.
I have travelled all around Australia and have never seen paddocks full of Kangaroo's as in Canberra. Picture the scene of seeing a large mob of sheep in a paddock then picture them as Kangaroo that is what it is like in Canberra.
In a sustainable world, I would like to see the meat used by the dog and cat food area,and the skins made up into garments.This way these animals would not have died in vain and it would show the jap whale killers that the Kangaroos were not killed for nothing.
The sight of two or three whales has no comparison to the millions and millions of kangaroos that are born annually in Australia.