Roo Cull

[GTR32GUS]

Hello All

I just want to know what ppl think of this roo cull , I grew up on a farm so I done my fair share of shooting so i just dont see what the big deal is. The thing i notice around Canberra the only animal u see are roos , if u go to a farm where roos are controlled there will be Black Wallabies , Red Wallabies and Wallaroos if there are shitloads of roos there push out these smaller species.

Just what to know if ppl who grew up in Canberra have a different opinion

[Baconer]

Agree with you, they are so overpopulated and basically a large rodent. They are marsupials (young born at early stage, develop in pouch) and therefore aren't like most animals which increase their gestation period during droughts to lower competition for what little food there is in the area. Animal rights activists fail to see the other option which is allowing them to live and starve or living and as you said removing smaller species form the area... The kangaroos are just lucky that the culls were so publicised or they would of been like any other cull (less focus on humane treatment, more on eradication)

[R32_Matt]

the spot in belconnen where they are killing them off is a pretty unsafe area too.

since activists have been whinging etc i know of 3 cars that have hit roos along that very stretch of baldwin dr.

they are a pest in areas and as such, all that is being done is pest control for both wildlife and motorists / residents of the area

[Frink]

i too cant see what the fuss is about. the cost of shipping them all to another area would be huge compared to what they are doing now. if your that upset by the culling of a few roos, then move out to the bush and marry one ya god damn hippies!

[race_snooze]

everyday on my way to work I see at least 2 to 3 new dead ones on the side of the road, thats a lot of money being spent to fix ppls cars and clean up the mess.

[GTR32GUS]

Who the hell are these Pro Roo ppl anyhow , i have not talked to anybody who disagrees with it , i was thinking it was because my mates are rednecks

They should have got NSW to do the cull , last year when they done the culls at Hall and googong , they used misinformation to trick the hippies , they said this date we are culling at hall then the shooters went to googong , the next weekend they said it was at googong and they went to hall the hippies took the bait hook line and sinker

[mesmerized]

what i find funny is that people are some how comparing us to the japanese with whale hunting...... um no, whales are low in numbers, and they're fishing in someone elses waters, nor are we harpooning them or allowing the to suffer.

whales have an 11 month gestation period

roos have a 4 week gestation period, and reduce other wildlife's habitat

plus roos are sedated then euthanased. if i was going to die, that would be my first choice.

while i don't agree with culling, the task of perhaps sterilizing or relocating them just isn't going to happen. as money is more important than native wildife to most people.

[Redback]

honestly they should let the cowboys and farmers at them. were im fromteh farmers got together every 2 years or so and went for a drive shootin every single one they seen.... over the alst fe yeras it ahs stopped.... 3 kids died last year from roo crash.... many more hurt.... its real bad back were im from.

[tridentt150v]

What I don't get is if they intend relocating them, to where? What idiot wants 500 eastern greys? Answer = nobody!!!

What they should do is microchip the roo's and then give each Pro Roo protester 10 each for their back yard - now that I'd like to see.

[TiTAN]

The problem with relocating them is the costs involved and then after all that work, they are just going to go onto some farmers land where they will just end up getting shot anyway.

[race_snooze]

the farmers dont have the money to buy rounds to shoot the bastards.

[madbung]

If they tasted better there wouldn't be a problem..

[datto260Z]

I find it strange that tens of thousands + of people have and are dying in China and Myanmar and people are worried about Kangaroos that are a pest...

[Baconer]

my cousin is a massive vegan/activist, so far she is the only person i have met who is against the cull. Her whole argument is:

"Nobody HAS to kill anyone/thing. There is always a different way! In the same way lethal injection is also not necessary.

Human nature largely appears to be to act in a self serving nature. There aren't that many people that realise that they have no more right to happiness than anyone/anything else."

which is just the typical activist statement, no scientific or logical backup, just emotions

[sh@un]

400 down, 34 million to go...

[TiTAN]

My point is why spend $1500-2000 on each kangaroo to move it when you can pay bugger all to get someone in to shoot them. I know which i would rather my tax dollars are spent on.

[viator]

cheap dog food too

[sh@un]

  TiTAN said:

My point is why spend $1500-2000 on each kangaroo to move it when you can pay bugger all to get someone in to shoot them. I know which i would rather my tax dollars are spent on.

serious?

how can that sort of expense be justified??- i'd love to see the costing break-down

[Baconer]

The animal rights activists are saying they have never seen anything like this... A fun fact, the yearly quota of kangaroos to be culled in QLD is upward of 3.8 million with the number rising with every review. 500 sedated and euthanaised kangaroos is apparently much worse then 3.8million shot.

[BNR32t]

  tridentt150v said:

What I don't get is if they intend relocating them, to where? What idiot wants 500 eastern greys? Answer = nobody!!!

What they should do is microchip the roo's and then give each Pro Roo protester 10 each for their back yard - now that I'd like to see.

Me, i need the target pratice.