AR-News: (AU) Wildlife groups head to court to curb kangaroo cull

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Wildlife protection groups are preparing a legal appeal against the Federal 
Government's kangaroo management plans in Queensland, South Australia and 
Western Australia.
This year's commercial kangaroo harvest quota is more than four million 
animals which the Environment Minister David Kemp says is about 30 per cent lower 
than last year.
But Pat O'Brien from Queensland's Wildlife Protection Association is 
appealing against the decision on the grounds that it is cruel.
"It's certainly a really important case for us because the Appeals Tribunal 
will need to make a decision on whether a code of practice that permits a gross 
cruelty to young animals, whether that's in the interests of the rest of 
Australia," he said.



full story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1066070.htm 
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