Aussie Shame: 4 Million Kangaroos Slaughtered Down Under Per Year

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Australia?s Nine News reports that the unregulated Australian kangaroo industry involves untrained farmers and landowners slaughtering a reported 90 million?yes, 90 million!?kangaroos over the past two decades. Like harp seals, of which 300,000 are slaughtered per year in Canada, kangaroos often suffer violent prolonged deaths. A common scenario involves shooting the kangaroo mothers, ripping the baby kangaroos (?joeys?) from their pouches, and stomping on the babies? heads.

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