[Mishmash] FYI: Fwd: ACT/ Protest Australia's Mass Kangaroo Kill

[Fred Atkinson]

    I understand kangaroo are as troublesome on the open roads of
Australia as deer are in the United States.

    Regards,



                                                                Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brown" <djbrown at tpg.com.au>
To: "'Mishmash'" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] FYI: Fwd: ACT/ Protest Australia's Mass Kangaroo
Kill


> I read recently that deer are the most dangerous things on US roads.
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net
[mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net]
> On Behalf Of Richard Barth
> Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 8:09 AM
> To: Mishmash
> Subject: Re: [Mishmash] FYI: Fwd: ACT/ Protest Australia's Mass
Kangaroo
> Kill
>
> At 05:30 PM 2/12/2008,  David wrote:
> >Hi Susan.
> >
> >Killing kangaroos is very emotive.  My daughter is horrified that
people
> eat
> >the national symbol. I am a little more pragmatic.
> >
> >Around here the eastern grey kangaroo is very common.  I see them
from my
> >front yard from time to time.  I see dead ones on the road every time
I go
> >riding.  They can be a pest.  There is a lot of debate about how to
reduce
> >the numbers.  Some favour shooting, others sterilisation.  Of course
many
> >would prefer they were left alone.  The problem is over population
and even
> >the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is
> >concerned that over population will cause them die slow painful
deaths and
> >is in favour of humane population measures.
>
> We have the same sort of problem where I live, except it's deer, not
'roos.
> When we moved here 30+ years ago, the problem didn't exist.  My first
> exposure
> to it came some years ago when i was driving down a neighborhood
street and
> saw
> (I thought) a couple of those lawn ornaments some people have -- deer
> statues.
> Then a "lawn ornament" lifted its head and looked at me.   Since then
it has
> become worse each year.  They're all over, and not just in my
neighborhood.
> I've had a half dozen at a time on my front lawn.  They've made a nice
meal
> of
> some of the flowers and other plants we once had on our front lawn,
and
> created havoc in a local arboretum until the fence was raised beyond
twelve
> feet.  (Did you know deer can jump a fence that high?  The arboretum
people
> didn't either, but they found out.)  They finally brought in some
> sharpshooters
> with night-vision goggles and silencers to keep from frightening the
> neighbors,
> who live only yards away from the place.
>
> I must admit there have been some appealing moments, such as the time
a
> spotted
> fawn who must have been only a month or two old wound up on somebody
> else's lawn.
> Normally we don't see them that young; I assume their elders keep
> them buried in
> the parkland nearby but this one evidently escaped from kindergarten.
He
> stood
> there looking at us as the car approached, then panicked and turned
> to run.  But
> at his age, he didn't know how, so he bounced, hopped and skipped to
the
> other
> side of a tree on the lawn.  He then stuck his head around the side
> of the tree,
> staring in wide-eyed wonder to see if we had left yet.
>
> Thinning the herd is raising the same questions here as it is in your
> area.  The
> animal-rights people want to do nothing, or at most use birth control.
The
> vigilantes want to bring in more guns, which can't be recommended in a
> heavily
> populated residential area.   The arguments continue, as do the deer.
>
> If you Aussies figure out how to handle your critters, please let us
know.
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> Richard Barth *** W3HWN(at)ARRL.NET *** Silver Spring, MD
>
>
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