ATTN NULL: In this land, roos are pests, and are in plague preportions in some areas.
At Dochra Airfield, Singleton, about 5,000 roos are on it at any given occasion. At another base in Puckapunyal, over 45,000 roos were shot in a matter of weeks, as they were starving themselves so bad, even the PMQ patch was crowded.
In drought effected areas roos must compete for grass and water, as do the sheep and cattle. Some areas of Australia have not seen rain in 3-4yrs, and kids growning up have yet to see rain. Fact.
So the farmers must even shoot their own animals as there is no water or grass. Hence the roos suffer too, some terribly, and they are shot.
Roos here are harvested professionally, and feed the petfood industry, and its regulated.
Along with the petfood, the roos bi-products are used in leather, skins/pelts and paws for the tourist industry, so it all BALANCES out.
I love the native species, and I would never kill one deliberately, although a few near misses by some roos on the highways over the years.
Reciently I took in a mauled currawong to the vet, who passed it on to WIRES, who specify native animal recovery, so dont label me as some type of redneck murderer! I have great respect for all animals of any size.
Feral animals introduced here by the English, such as the red fox (kill bilbys and other native animals) are fair game for shooters 365 days/yr. Also other feral creatures such as pigs (destroy habitant along with the water buffalo), water buffalo, cats, goats, donkeys, dogs, and yes even camels are fair game too. all of course in certain areas, etc.
Secondly about rabbits. These are introduced species from England, and are also in plague preportions along with the European mice which both cycle. Its outragous when you see 10‘s of thousands of the creatures massing like something out of a 1950s horror film.
The Callisi virus, along with miximitosis (spelling) are passed on to the rabbits by touching noses, again to cull them as they are RUINING the habitat, and causing native species to become endangered and die off.
So if you go on about the ‘needless‘ slaughter of animals, what about the beef and pork industry, and the chooks too, and the violent deaths they get before they come to your dinner table? You gonna chuck a whinge there too?
I am a proud member of PETA (People who Eat Tastey Animals), as I am sure you and most are on here, and I certainlly do not feel guilty when I enjoy and good steak or have bacon and eggs.
I also enjoy a good croc or emu steak too. Its expensive and its good,a s both of these creatures too are farmed for their meat, and their bi-products. I also love ‘shark and chips‘ too, smothered in vinegar.
So Mr NULL, ‘dont come the raw prawn‘ with me mate, get your facts straight,and EDUCATE ( and I mean EDUCATE - you do have google dont ya?) yourself on the serious problems of feral creatures and kangaroos here in Australia before you fire ‘splintex‘ at me!
Does anyone wanna educate this bloke what ‘splintex‘ is?
Regards,
Wes
