Some Australian landowners and ecologists have called for more kangaroos to be considered because of the growing number of wild kangaroos affecting environmental sustainability, foreign media reported today.
Statistics for Australia`s goverment2016 year show that there are 45 million kangaroos across Australia, almost double the country`s population. The analysis pointed out that the increase in the number of kangaroos is related to the increase in local rainfall and the simultaneous increase in food production.
Australia is known to have a strict humane slaughtering policy and each province needs to set strict commercial hunting quotas based on the sustainability of different species in order to control the number of species. However, due to low demand and low profits, the number of limits issued by most provinces falls short of the ceiling.
Kangaroo is a symbol of Australia, but it also gives the authorities a headache.
The kangaroo clean-up campaign for population control has been controversial in Australia, with critics saying there is no evidence that controlling kangaroo populations can help protect the environment.
According to Australia`s goverment Environment Department`s website, the fur of the hunted animals will become an export commodity, but their meat will generally be discarded because there is no demand in the market.
The kangaroo, a symbol of Australia, has long resisted eating kangaroo meat.
Kangaroos are common both in the Australian interior and in residential areas of the city.
But some argue that some visitors like to try Australian-specific meat, and kangaroos can be another novelty beyond emus and crocodiles.
Advocates of kangaroo meat point out that kangaroo meat is healthier because it has low fat levels and produces less methane than farmed animals.
(David Paton), a professor at the University of Adelaide, said society should support the kangaroo clean-up program to control its population and protect the ecological environment in other parts of Australia, otherwise the country`s biodiversity would be greatly reduced. "the overabundance is not the fault of kangaroos, perhaps because we are too resistant to them and remove them from the ecosystem to prevent damage. We need to use humane means to control their populations, and think about how to `use` these hunted kangaroos. "
