CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's army has started shooting 6,000 kangaroos to thin their population on an army training ground near the capital, an official said Friday, outraging conservationists who have vowed to protest.
The killings are intended to protect endangered plants and insects that share the grassy habitat with the kangaroos. A much smaller slaughter of 400 kangaroos on another Defense Department site in Canberra last year was disrupted by protesters. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Mrs. Fields Gifts
The killings are intended to protect endangered plants and insects that share the grassy habitat with the kangaroos. A much smaller slaughter of 400 kangaroos on another Defense Department site in Canberra last year was disrupted by protesters. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - Nutty News Today Marketplace - Mrs. Fields Gifts
