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Australia culls 400 kangaroos outside capital; animal society says cull is 'only option'

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May 20, 2008
        
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An Australian animal rights group endorsed a continuing cull of 400 kangaroos on the outskirts of the country's capital, saying Tuesday that it was a humane way of dealing with overpopulation. Authorities began the controversial killing outside Canberra on Monday after a proposal to relocate them... [read full story]                    

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Animal welfare groups outraged as kangaroo cull starts - smh.com.au

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Animal welfare groups outraged as kangaroo cull starts - smh.com.au

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May 20, 2008
        

The Australian Defence Department has started culling more than 400 kangaroos on department land in Canberra, angering the RSPCA, which says the cull was preventable, and animal rights activists who wanted the animals moved to NSW. The department would not say yesterday whether the cull at the...

Kangaroo cull begins

radionz.co.nz
May 19, 2008
        

A controversial cull of 400 kangaroos at a defence site on the outskirts of the Australian capital, Canberra, has begun. Animal welfare activisits want the cull to be called off. There is no official confirmation that it has begun, but witnesses at the site say the animals were herded into pens,...

Animal Rights versus Environmentalism

wesleyjsmith.com
May 19, 2008
        

I have noticed a slowly growing schism between animal rights and environmentalism. The former cares about each animal as individuals, perceiving their moral value (whether based on "painience" or "sentience") to that generally accorded to human beings. Environmentalism, in contrast, cares about...

                   
apn.co.nz: The kangaroos will be shot with tranquilliser darts before being injected with anaesthetic to kill them. Photo / Reuters apn.co.nz

Kangaroo cull begins despite celebrity cause status

apn.co.nz
May 19, 2008
        

5:00AM Tuesday May 20, 2008 By Greg Ansley CANBERRA - A desperate appeal to former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney to help to save a mob of kangaroos sentenced to death appears to be doomed. While kangaroo supporters tried to reach Sir Paul yesterday, the cull of about 400 eastern greys began on...

                   

'Disgraceful' roo slaughter

news.com.au
May 19, 2008
        

THIS blue-eyed joey has become the face of a kangaroo cull which the Defence Department says is humane - and which protesters are calling an international disgrace. Six weeks ago, widespread protests and international media attention stopped the cull, with Defence investigating the prospect of...

                   

Kangaroo shoot outcry

news.com.au
May 19, 2008
        

DOZENS of kangaroos were rounded up and killed as a military-style operation swung into action on Defence land in Canberra yesterday. Panic-stricken roos crashed into killing pen fences as they tried to escape the cull, which is being carried out to prevent over-grazing and to protect rare plants...

DIGNews - McCartney Asked To Pay For Roos Relocation

abc.net.au
May 19, 2008
        

Paul McCartney will be asked to contribute to a fund to help relocate kangaroos which have been targeted for culling in Canberra. The Federal Government has withdrawn its support for a plan to relocate the animals from the Belconnen naval station, saying it is too expensive. Instead plans are...

                   

Furore over kangaroo cull

news.com.au
May 19, 2008
        

ANIMAL rights activists say between 20 and 40 kangaroos were killed yesterday at an Australian Defence Force site in Canberra - the start of a cull expected to total 400. Kangaroos are held in a holding pen on the Department of Defence property in Belconnen, Canberra. Picture: Reuters Dozens of...

                   

Canberra's roo slaughter

news.com.au
May 19, 2008
        

THIS blue-eyed joey has become the face of a kangaroo cull which the Defence Department says is humane - and which protesters are calling an international disgrace. Six weeks ago, widespread protests and international media attention stopped the cull, with Defence investigating the prospect of...

                   

Kangaroo cull begins in Australia: animal welfare group (AFP)

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May 19, 2008
        

SYDNEY (AFP) - A controversial kangaroo cull began at an Australian military site in the national capital Canberra Monday, an animal welfare group said. "Our inspectors were on site this morning to observe the final set-up and then they remained on site to observe some of the initial culling of...

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