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| introducinlyric |
 Mar 16 2008, 06:27 PM
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JAPAN is using the slaughter of hundreds of eastern grey kangaroos in Canberra to undermine Australia's anti-whaling crusade.
Japanese television and radio yesterday covered a small protest over the culling of as many as 500 kangaroos in the northern suburb of Belconnen.
Tokyo Broadcasting System reporter Hiroki Iijima said Japanese people would regard the kangaroo cull as hypocritical.
"It's a sad thing. Kangaroos are Australia's national icon, and 400 kangaroos are going to be killed by the Government,'' he said.
The cull of Australia's national emblem, which has been supported by Environment Minister Peter Garrett, has been approved to protect native grassland in the ACT.
Some opponents of the cull, however, insist it is really about making the land available for a luxury property development.
Wildlife Protection Association of Australia president Pat O'Brien backed Japan, saying the international media focus on the cull would embarrass the Federal Government.
"Nobody would seriously think that Australia has any right to criticise Japan for its whaling while we are killing three and a half million kangaroos every year for dog food,'' he said.
The cull was also criticised by animal activists including the British group Viva, which has the support of celebrity rock stars such as Sir Paul McCartney and Chrissie Hynde.
"Paul McCartney made a comment about kangaroo culling, and it's an international story now,'' Iijima said.
"Some Japanese viewers would think it's hypocritical. The story will air on the main television and national radio networks.''
Wildlife protection groups argue the kangaroos should be relocated rather than slaughtered, but the ACT Government has refused an export permit, claiming relocating kangaroos is inhumane.
Former Neighbours star Fiona Corke, who travelled from Melbourne to join yesterday's protest, said Mr Garrett was also being hypocritical in his commitment to protecting whales but not kangaroos.
"Kangaroos are a protected species under the 1975 Wildlife Act,'' she said.
"It is hypocritical that Peter Garrett is running an anti-whaling campaign, and yet is allowing hundreds of kangaroos to be killed to make room for a housing development.''
Mr Garrett supported the culling of kangaroos, saying humane, properly administered programs were sometimes necessary.
"There's an immense difference between commercial, so-called 'scientific' whaling and Australia's scientific, sustainable and humane management of a non-threatened kangaroo, which has overpopulated an area, to save rare and threatened plants and animals on the site,'' he said last night.
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| starlagurl |
Mar 17 2008, 01:50 PM
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Oh my, what a mess... I thought that kangaroos were some sort of menace, like deer and that people kill them off when there are too many because they would overpopulate and die anyway? I don't think we have that problem with whales, do we? On Wikipedia, it says that there are no kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) on the endangered species list. But, on another site, they are on some sort of other list, that says they are at "Lower Risk Least Concern" so they could just be threatened...
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| introducinlyric |
Mar 17 2008, 08:24 PM
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QUOTE(starlagurl @ Mar 17 2008, 01:50 PM)  Oh my, what a mess... I thought that kangaroos were some sort of menace, like deer and that people kill them off when there are too many because they would overpopulate and die anyway? I don't think we have that problem with whales, do we? On Wikipedia, it says that there are no kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) on the endangered species list. But, on another site, they are on some sort of other list, that says they are at "Lower Risk Least Concern" so they could just be threatened... wikipedia can sometimes be rubbish as anyone who knows how to use the program can edit details (accurate and not) so i wouldnt concern myself too much with what it says as it has the tendency to have inaccuracies the whale problem is in reference to the inhumane slaughterin that the japanese do and australia is on the case with them about it which is probably why they are trying to spotlight the kangaroo cull issue - but this isnt news for australians as kangaroo culling has gone on before
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| mataeka |
May 20 2008, 08:30 AM
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(raw) horse meat actually isnt that bad introducin  I learnt in my travels of Japan, never turn your nose up without at least giving it a try  the remaining meat is the main thing that tinges my curiosity, I DID hear that in some places around Japan they use it for the kids school lunches (unlike some other countries - aus for example you bring your own/buy your lunch - in Japan they get school supplied lunches in most cases. But that may only be in certain regions (as I said before, it's kinda more common in the northern regions of Japan) because the school I did a week internship in, they didnt eat any Whale, horribly untasty curry, but no whale there. But back on topic - There was another HUGE kangaroo cull I believe today - they rounded all the roo's up and shot them. Lots of animal rights activists got right into it, calling the governments hypocritical etc. *Shrugs* I can see why they did it, dunno about this certain place but I know there are places where the kangaroo numbers are just absurd. Far too many living in a small space of area. Makes me wonder if replacement into less populated areas isnt a viable option though? |
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| mataeka |
May 23 2008, 04:43 AM
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QUOTE(introducinlyric @ May 23 2008, 03:59 AM)
yes your right about this new "cull" taking place and its getting its fair share of media coverage with all the protesters and Aboriginals claiming land rights to save the roos. i dont quite know where i stand on the topic i feel that maybe they should just be relocated but the government complains this will cost too much $$$ yet they are spending over $80 to throw this absurd world youth day so i dont know where anyones priorities are these days.....
its sad but i guess there isnt much anyone can do to stop it
as for the horse meat i just have never heard of it before and it sounds hmmmmm.....im not much of a meat eater so i guess im easily repulsed by such things
Ah fair enough. Its rather amusing how much saying you've eaten horse freaks people out, and yet how is a horse really different from a cow? The only real difference is the fact that we've started calling horses a pet. Guess thats the same perception about dogs though which they eat in certain asian countries. and Kangaroos for Australia  |
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