Doug PollardKangaroo culling criticised by Japan
Japanese reporters have lashed out at the proposed culling of kangaroos in Australia. The Japanese reporters see it as a case of double standards, comparing the culling with whaling.
Australia's Agriculture Minister Tony Burke was in Tokyo yesterday, defending the culling.
The culling of four hundred eastern grey kangaroos has been postponed due to the public voicing their anger.
Mr. Burke claimed that endangered species would suffer if the number of kangaroos are not reduced at the defence site. A report that recommended the cull states that native green grasses and three threatened species are at risk unless there is a cull. Kangaroos in the bush are culled in the millions every year due to overpopulation, and the meat is used mainly for pet food.
Mr. Burke also brushed off comments from several wildlife protection groups that this was a case of hypocrisy from Australia, who strongly opposes whaling for scientific and commercial reasons by the Japanese. He claims that this is "different circumstances" to that of whaling by the Japanese.
Source - AFP
Australia's Agriculture Minister Tony Burke was in Tokyo yesterday, defending the culling.
"If they are not culled, there will be many more than 400 facing death from starvation," he told reporters.
The culling of four hundred eastern grey kangaroos has been postponed due to the public voicing their anger.
Mr. Burke claimed that endangered species would suffer if the number of kangaroos are not reduced at the defence site. A report that recommended the cull states that native green grasses and three threatened species are at risk unless there is a cull. Kangaroos in the bush are culled in the millions every year due to overpopulation, and the meat is used mainly for pet food.
Mr. Burke also brushed off comments from several wildlife protection groups that this was a case of hypocrisy from Australia, who strongly opposes whaling for scientific and commercial reasons by the Japanese. He claims that this is "different circumstances" to that of whaling by the Japanese.
Source - AFP
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