Comments - Urgent help needed for the Canberra kangaroos - Animal Rights Zone2024-03-28T15:40:08Zhttps://arzone.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4715978%3ABlogPost%3A132518&xn_auth=noSadly the cull has begun. I a…tag:arzone.ning.com,2013-07-19:4715978:Comment:1336492013-07-19T12:37:48.263ZKerry Bakerhttps://arzone.ning.com/profile/KerryBaker
<p>Sadly the cull has begun. I am advised by contacts in Canberra that protesters maintain a vigil but gun shots can be heard through the night. They have a permit to slaughter around 1200 kangaroos, many of whom will have joeys in their pouches and in the Australian Capital territory it is illegal to save a joey, they are to be bludgeoned to death or beheaded by the shooter. One seriously has to wonder how it is that a Greens politician could have put his signature on the permit to shoot…</p>
<p>Sadly the cull has begun. I am advised by contacts in Canberra that protesters maintain a vigil but gun shots can be heard through the night. They have a permit to slaughter around 1200 kangaroos, many of whom will have joeys in their pouches and in the Australian Capital territory it is illegal to save a joey, they are to be bludgeoned to death or beheaded by the shooter. One seriously has to wonder how it is that a Greens politician could have put his signature on the permit to shoot wildlife.</p>