Weather dampens kangaroo cull protests (AAP)

yahoo.com     May 17, 2008            

Wet weather seems to have dampened expected protests against the Canberra kangaroo cull. Only a small number of protesters turned out on day one of a process which is expected to run for some weeks. The cull was announced on Friday afternoon when defence spokesman Brigadier Andrew Nikolic said... [read full story]                

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Paul McCartney urged to save kangaroos

showbizspy.com     May 19, 2008          

Paul McCartney is being urged to help save hundreds of kangaroos from being killed in Australia, animal rights activists said Monday. The campaigners are hoping the former Beatle, who is a member of an animal rights group that has opposed the cull, will help fund a plan to relocate the kangaroos...                

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

yahoo.com     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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Kangaroo Cull Begins in Australia

critternews.blogspot.com     May 18, 2008          

Authorities in Australia have begun a cull of kangaroos near a defense base.Sickened animal lovers dashed to kangaroo grazing fields last night when they learned that marksmen had been given orders to begin a cull of the animals - despite earlier promises it would not happen.Marksmen slipped...                

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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...                

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

newscloud.com     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...                

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

iht.com     May 20, 2008          

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...                

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