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2023 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Victoria

Shockingly, and after the floods and years of mass killing of Kangaroos, the Victorian Government claims a 24 per cent increase in Kangaroo populations.

2023 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in New South Wales

In outback New South Wales, where there is an estimated population of just under 3 million Kangaroos, we counted just one living Kangaroo.

2023 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in South Australia

The latest claims of population increases represent a step change in the scale and scope of the killing as they relate to the improbable claims being made.

The lonely road

What follows are our reflections on the state of wildlife, particularly Kangaroos, during extensive journeys by road across the Australian continent.

Ways and means: Killing Australian wildlife in Victoria

In the State of Victoria, here are some of the ways in which Australia’s native wildlife is killed, mostly with enthusiastic government support.

Kangaroos in the ACT (Canberra)

The ACT continues to be a leader in developing policies that push the limits of what is being done to Kangaroos, what is ‘lawful’ and what levels of cruelty are acceptable

Yamagata days: A night with the monsters

In this story we travel to snow country and meet the snow monsters.

Fair go?

Diane, from New South Wales, sounds a warning of things to come in Victoria.

The wood from the trees

Victoria and South Australia, so what happened to wildlife during the fires and the original COVID pandemic?

Jewels of the desert

It is remarkable that in the heat and dry of the Australian interior that there is such an array of plant life. The desert in spring sparkles with flowers and seedpods.

The vanishing

We go back to 2017, we begin with an island, far from the Australian mainland and remote in the Indian Ocean.

Paradoxical Frog

Nature is so incredibly precious, we disrupt the natural world at our own very great peril. Here is some history.

2023 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Queensland

If you want to be really angry about what is happening to wildlife populations around the world, Queensland is a very good place to start.

The Magnificent Kangaroo

Britain began its relationship with the Kangaroo in a painting by S T Edwards, published as an engraving in Museum Leverianum in 1796.

Kangaroos and Wallabies in the Northern Territory

We spend a lot of time in the Northern Territory and see very few Kangaroos.

Snapshot: Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in South Australia

The species of Kangaroo available for commercial exploitation will include three new species.

Land song

A film and a poem for the missing.

The Kangaroo, the Mayor and the car race

This is the model for all communities and reduces risk and conflict with wildlife.

Going nowhere

This story documents the RSPCA’s attempts to close a regional animal shelter.

Ways of seeing

In this story we provide brief insights as we travel the world.

Relocating Kangaroos

We take a journey back in time to 2017 and to Bathurst in New South Wales.

Nature’s time

As each year goes by there are fewer and fewer animals in the wild. Reflections from 2019.

Snake Prakash

Snake Prakash’s life, as his name suggests, is snakes.

The nature of horta or Greek greens

Peter Hylands says this is a subject that touches on my own childhood in the European Alps.

In Durrell's footsteps

In 2012 Andrea and Peter Hylands travelled to Corfu to catch up with the Durrell team.

Rinca, dragon island

The entry to Rinca Island and its landing area is also beautiful.

Salesmen, Komodos and other dangers

It is the Komodos that we have come to visit.

Counting Kangaroos in Victoria 2020

Remaining Grey Kangaroo populations will increasingly be associated with land for wildlife properties, the edge of towns, public lands and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centres.

Counting Kangaroos in Victoria: Update May 2021

After Victoria’s most catastrophic fires on record, its government claims a steep rise in the Kangaroo population.

Out of time

So in this story (from April 2021) I take another look at what is going on in Australia’s State of Victoria.

The lawless nature of Australia

January 2022, we are filming Australian wildlife at the edge of a National Park in the West of Victoria.

Snapshot: Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Western Australia

Two species of Kangaroo are currently killed for commercial gain in Western Australia, the Red Kangaroo and the Western Grey Kangaroo.

Snapshot: Exploitation of Kangaroos and Wallabies in Tasmania

There are a number of significant concerns in relation to wildlife in Tasmania.

Shiretoko: Of the Japanese wild

As the Ainu describe it, the place where the earth ends.

Kangaroo: October 2022 update Victoria

There is plenty of evidence that Kangaroo populations in Victoria are vanishing, and fast.

Cripes, Australia is running out of Koalas

Come with us to Sydney’s very beautiful Macquarie Street and its house of wisdom and modernity. Come inside and listen.

Nature notes from an Australian summer

We spend a day in the bushlands around the farming region of Yea in the Australian state of Victoria.

Queensland: Making Terra Nullius

Queensland and its species: Extinct, threatened and vulnerable species

The Kangaroo family and the distribution of species

Regional extinctions are also commonplace as the range (distribution) of a species contracts and fragments.

South Australia: Places and species

This analysis (2018) lists the extinct, endangered, vulnerable and rare species in South Australia. Here I have just added mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and plant species.

Cities and dreams: Understanding animal population numbers

This is a story about Kangaroos, about cities and how we visualise and understand numbers.

Counting Kangaroos

Good scientific practice requires methodologies to be replicated and repeated.

Ways of knowing

The way we treat the natural world needs a rethink, and fast.

In good hands: The story of a rescue

So with Kangaroos in mind, once more we make the long journey from Melbourne to Bathurst in New South Wales.

Endpoint: Kangaroo testimonies

What I have been through, no human should have to go through.

The Pangolin and the Kangaroo

If we destroy species and habitats, you do not have to be a genius to understand the result.

The fine line: Democracy and the abuse of wildlife in Canberra

The people who attempt to protect the wildlife are ignored and demeaned by their politicians.

We dread the moonlight

It is left to a dedicated few to pick up the pieces.

Some things never change

On the day of writing this, Australia released its State of the environment report – written last year and slipped in the draw until a change of Government in Canberra.

Cooking the books: Kangaroos in Australia

In 2017 the permits issued in Victoria to kill Red Kangaroos exceeded their entire state population estimates by 2,187 animals.

Koalas to burn: Winter and wildlife in Victoria

This report contains reflections on a trip in Western Victoria in June 2022.

Emu

This story is about friendships with Emus and anecdotes from old friends regarding this remarkable bird.

Gerald Durrell and Corfu

What I think was so important about Corfu and Gerry’s time there was it triggered in him a lifelong and entirely focused passion about the natural world.

Kindness and cruelty: Our relationship with animals

We step back more than a decade, I wanted to explore how our relationship with animals was changing as societies and cultures around the world adapt to rapidly changing circumstances. The answer today, badly.

Steve Garlick at Possumwood

In these bleak blackened landscapes of South Eastern Australia the sound of silence, of nature destroyed.

Unnatural disaster

All wildlife in these fire zones need help, not just threatened species.

Cobargo and the wildfires

The fires burned the landscapes at catastrophic scale and energy.

Snapshot: The commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Victoria

In order to maintain the Kangaroo population estimates, new shooting zones and regions are added as others close because the Kangaroos are gone.

Snapshot: Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in New South Wales

In 2022 the population estimate has again increased to 10.9 million Kangaroos across the 15 Kangaroo shooting zones, an increase of 4.5 per cent compared to the survey results of the previous year.

Vive les Kangourous

All the way from France, Laetitia, is working as a wildlife carer at Possumwood.

Hogwash, greenwash and the killing of Canberra’s Kangaroos

In 2019 just over 4,000 Kangaroos were killed in these parks, in 2020 it was 1,958.

Snapshot: Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Queensland

Setting the quotas for 2022 - In 2021, all 22 survey monitor blocks in Queensland were surveyed.

Trauma

Dr Rosemary Austen describes the impact of acts of extreme cruelty to Australian wildlife on human populations.

The killing begins: Isaacs Ridge, Canberra

This ACT Government says Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserve is important for conservation of local wildlife and their habitats..

A question of logic

It is the callous disregard of these residents that takes my breath away.

The Sooty Kangaroo: Pet food or threatened species?

Spin and mischief cannot conceal these terrible crimes against the natural world.

A dedicated life

One thing that would be worse than failing to achieve anything and to save anything, would be to stop trying.

Possumwood: Australian wildlife veterinary hospital

Professor Steve Garlick tells us about how the hospital provides help to Australia’s embattled wildlife.

The poor little joeys

The poor little joeys, it is just shocking what they do to them.

For the love of Kangaroos

“There is even more intimidation, this stuff is real, this stuff happens”. Greg Keightley

Chance would be a fine thing

In this film in the Kangaroo testimonies series, Emma, from Sweden, expresses her dismay about what she has learnt since visiting Australia.

Another silent spring?

Manfred Zabinskas OAM and Peter Hylands discuss the circumstances that Australia’s wildlife in Victoria is now facing.

The constant carer

What I have always noticed, since first visiting Australia, is just how wonderful individual Australian animals are.

Exclusion

In November 2021 we visited the Morning Peninsula in Victoria, specifically Cape Schanck and the immediate region.

A twisted light: Dunkeld and the killing of Kangaroos

The suffering of Kangaroos, in terms of scale, the methods of harm, are acknowledged internationally for their extreme cruelty.

They come without warning in the night

The next day is ruined in terms of any possibility of working and so the damage continues.

The yogi, the tourist and the Kangaroo’s head

High powered rifles and rural residential zonings do not mix. Nor do high powered rifles, tourists and tourism businesses.

A dog's breakfast: the unsustainable exploitation of wildlife

Tonight, Australia’s commercial trade in wildlife, will kill many more adults Kangaroos.

Summer's solstice: Dunkeld & the killing of Kangaroos

Long days and even longer nights, waiting and waiting more, waiting for the Kangaroo killers to return.

2025, the deadliest duck shooting opening in Victoria since 2017

More than 250 dead waterbirds, including threatened species, were displayed outside the Victorian Premier’s office on 1 April.

As the slaughter begins: Recreational bird shooting Australia 2025

Yet another major slaughter of Australian birdlife begins in the Autumn of 2025. How many will die?

State of capture: Ducks and Quail in Victoria 2025

The Victorian Government claims that 849,300 native Australian birds were killed for the sole purpose of recreation in Victoria in 2024, this year is set to be worst.

Legs eleven: The adorable Purple Swamphen

The extraordinary way these birds feed makes them a joy to watch, and the young are even more entertaining.

Decline and fall: Ducks in New South Wales

As duck populations plummet the number of ducks being shot in New South Wales in 2023-24 by ‘responsible volunteer hunters’ near doubles.

Anything goes: Victoria’s new lows

A dangerous confluence: Increasing capture of public lands by shooters is now accompanied by the capture of governance standards in Victoria.

Pup time

We join the Friends of Bats and Bushcare Inc and visit a Grey-headed Flying Fox camp at Yarra Bend in Melbourne.

Birds matter, Ramsar matters

Ramsar sites in Victoria can be extremely dangerous places to visit given the largely unsupervised shooting activity occurring there.

Australasian Darter

We have photographed Australasian Darters before but this chance meeting in Western Victoria was a reminder of just how remarkable this bird is.

Driven to distraction: Bird life and death in Victoria

The aftermath of the 2024 duck shooting season in Victoria, broken birds and broken hearts. This is what they said.

Original sin

Human rights concerns have been front and centre during our research regarding wildlife abuse and violence in Australia. The latest duck shooting debacle in Victoria is an exemplar of that.

Why Victoria’s decision not to ban duck shooting is far worse than you might think

What we all knew, on Monday 29 January 2024 the Victorian Government announced it would not ban duck shooting in the state.

Duck shooting in South Australia and Victoria, January 2024 update

The South Australian Government’s Duck shooting inquiry fails to deliver any positive change and Victoria, after its inquiry, strides determinedly down the same path.

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo and family

A pandemonium of parrots, they surround us with their cries, so recognisable in the Australian bush. What a beautiful bird this is.

Number of ducks killed in Australia 2023

Based on a mixture of actuals and estimates based on previous years, the number of ducks likely killed in Australia's duck shooting states in 2023 was 424,000. Including the Northern Territory the number rises to 657,170.

New South Wales and duck shooting: 2023 update

In our story 'By another name' we described the culture of shooting ducks on rice fields in New South Wales. Here is an update.

Duck shooting in South Australia: November 2023 update

Duck shooting can also endanger or kill other animals who were never intended as ‘targets’. Birds may be incorrectly identified by shooters, or young birds may be abandoned by their parents who flee the sound of gunfire in fear.

Recreational Duck shooting in Tasmania

The Tasmanian State Government said it had no plans to ban recreational duck hunting.

Recreational shooting of Australian birdlife in Victoria: 2023 how many died?

Victoria’s Game Management Authority has provided its grim statistics for ‘recreational’ duck and quail shooting for 2023.

2023: Inquiry into Victoria's recreational native bird hunting arrangements

A Victorian Government parliamentary inquiry has concluded recreational native bird hunting in Victoria should end as of 2024.

Duck shooting in South Australia: 2018-19 historical note

In 2018 we made extensive trips through South Australia and up into the Northern Territory.

Holding on: Duck shooting in Victoria 2023

The Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey shows that waterbird populations, breeding and habitat availability are all showing long-term declines over the last four decades.

Ugly duckling

History matters so here for the record: 2017 Duck shooting season in Victoria, a very bad year for ducks and a year from which they have never recovered.

Birdlife and death and people suffer too

In this story we consider the harm caused to people because of the mass slaughter of wildlife.

By another name: Duck shooting in NSW

In New South Wales waterbirds are shot in large numbers on private land.

Last gasp: Birdlife and death in Australia

We reflect on the duck shooting season of 2020, following the most catastrophic bush fires ever experienced.

The nature of Australia

Here is some history regarding the 2018 Duck shooting season in Victoria.

Dead duck

We travel south in the darkness through the tortured and forlorn landscapes of the region.

Spectacled Flying-fox

Our first encounter with Flying Foxes in the Pacific, and after a long bike ride across the island, was on Tongatapu, the main island in the Kingdom of Tonga.

Weights and measures

We go back to 2018 and weigh up some politicians.

Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary

While in Kumarakom we wanted to visit the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary, the land of the Night Herons.

Grey-headed Flying-fox

On Christmas Day 2019 we visited a ‘camp’ of Grey-headed Flying-foxes in Melbourne.

Pacific Black Duck

We tell this story through the images of one bird, the Pacific Black Duck. A grumpy bird it might be, but that does not justify its treatment.

Rose-breasted Cockatoo and others

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

Coorong

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Bush Stone-curlew

What is happening to Bush Stone-curlews in North Queensland is deeply distressing to observe.

Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburras are the iconic bird species of the Australian bush because of their distinctive call.

White-winged Chough

The White-winged Chough is a bird that has been equipped with the skill of near silent flight, flapping and gliding just above forest floor.

Anecdotes for birds

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Australian Pelican

On an image gathering trip in the South East of Australia we find ourselves sitting among a pod of Pelicans at the mouth of the Snowy River.

Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeets pair for long periods, all being well, that means for life.

Tawny Frogmouth

Here are our family of city dwellers, this year, as for each and every year, there are two young birds.

Birds tumble from the sky

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

Lake Tyrrell: Counting the missing

As the sun sets over Lake Tyrrell, we reflect on what has been lost and what will be lost. When the sun rises again, we can begin to answer some of our own questions.

Ramsar: To be, well not to be

Lake Saroma (Hokkaido) is the third largest lake in Japan. Its waters are brackish and the lake is shallow. It is separated from the Sea of Okhotsk by a sandbar.

A note on hunting on Ramsar sites around the world

The world currently has 2,522 Ramsar sites with an area of 257,317,367 ha. Hunting of various kinds still occurs on some.

Meeting obligations to protect Ramsar wetlands in Victoria?

Hunting and capture of Ramsar sites by shooters in Victoria is controversial, yet the situation continues to deteriorate.

Ramsar sites: The impact of Victoria’s new game hunting regulations

Changes to regulations for wildlife classified as game in Victoria will impact protected Australian duck and quail species on Ramsar sites in Victoria.

Deceived by flight: Misuse of Ramsar sites in Victoria

New lows are now occurring in Australia on Victoria’s Ramsar sites.

Terminal?

The world we don’t want will be the world we get. The Murujuga tells us all we need to know.

Signs of neglect

Visiting Ramsar Sites in Victoria can be a shocking experience, doing so a few weeks before the start of yet another duck shooting season adds to the distress.

Ramsar Sites in Victoria

Despite the claims of some Victorian politicians and their public servants that the slaughter of waterbirds on Ramsar sites is an economic benefit it is likely that the precise opposite is the case.

The rainbow in the desert

When it rains in the dry places in Central Australia, every drop is precious, it means more water in the waterholes, so important for the animals that live here.

Finke River journey

It is November. On this journey we begin by travelling along Ellery Creek (from Wallace Rockhole) and join the Finke River at the confluence of the two. At this point both rivers are dry.

Bryans Swamp

Parks Victoria describe Bryans Swamp as a wildlife reserve.

John Wolseley: Art and Nature

In a creek in the Northern Territory, each small creature’s life world is interwoven to produce an ecosystem vibrating with life.

A monsoon Christmas

We take you back to 2015 and a monsoon Christmas.

Where will you go?

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

Children’s Ramsar

Japan, which joined the Ramsar Convention in October 1980, has 53 Ramsar sites, many in the Japanese wild of Hokkaido.

Ramsar Sites in South Australia

Australia's 67 Ramsar sites cover more than 8.3 million hectares.

In a fading light, a vanishing

We take some time to track down some of the animals that still survive. Gentle, beautiful and precious, each and every one.

Eastern Water Dragon

Water Dragons are strong swimmers and can be seen catching the sun near waterways, stretched out on overhanging branches or nearby rocks.

Turtle time

Turtles are ancient indeed, today’s species, almost unchanged since the appearance of their ancestors 245 million years ago.

Jellyfish

Jellyfish have been swimming in the world’s oceans and seas for more than half a billion years.

How the Bäru saved the sea

At the camp Waka also discovered the severed head of a Saltwater Crocodile (Bäru) in a hessian bag.

Victoria's Ramsar Sites

Another natural catastrophe is unfolding on Australia’s internationally protected Ramsar Wetlands.

The Whale savers

More than half of all Whale species either visit or live in Australian waters.

What they think of the modelling and output

In 2024, the New South Wales Government claim an increase in Kangaroo populations that is impossible. This population estimate sets the quota for 2025.

2025 commercial quota for Kangaroos in New South Wales

In 2024, the New South Wales Government claim an increase in Kangaroo populations that is impossible. This population estimate sets the quota for 2025.

The Victorian Government

The biggest back track since 1595? Labor, environment and biodiversity in Victoria and Australia. Australia’s environment laws remain broken.

The Commonwealth Government of Australia

The biggest back track since 1595? Labor, environment and biodiversity in Victoria and Australia. Australia’s environment laws remain broken.

Time and knowledge

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Capture

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Fire

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Innovation technology

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Working knowledge

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Disconnection

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Land Rights

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Quotes to remember

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Science represents one bridge

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Connecting cultures around the world

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

NGOIFF - NGO International Film Festival 2024

The NGO International Film Festival is held in Melbourne some 50 years after Andrea and I first came to the city.

Fate of Macropodidae species in Victoria since European settlement

Kangaroo silly season is coming as population estimates and quotas are announced. The Kangaroo facts for Victoria are these..

Actual take against quota

Kangaroo silly season is coming as population estimates and quotas are announced. The Kangaroo facts for Victoria are these..

They count very few and turn this into millions

Kangaroo silly season is coming as population estimates and quotas are announced. The Kangaroo facts for Victoria are these..

The more they kill, the bigger the population grows?

Kangaroo silly season is coming as population estimates and quotas are announced. The Kangaroo facts for Victoria are these..

Answer from Steve Dimopoulos MP, Environment Minister for Victoria: 17 September 2024

Ellen Sandell MP, the eminent state member for Melbourne, attempts to shed a light on the Kangaroo situation in Victoria.

Ellen’s questions

Ellen Sandell MP, the eminent state member for Melbourne, attempts to shed a light on the Kangaroo situation in Victoria.

This legislation is supported by over 150 organisations

The Senators’ Kangaroo Protection Act would ban the sale and manufacturing of products made from Kangaroo skin, as well as the sale of Kangaroo skin itself.

2023: Estimate of the number of Deer killed in Victoria

Why are, what the world perceives to be iconic species, treated with such distain in Australia? The answer lies in the decades of propaganda and a colonial past.

Out the window

This analysis reports the actual number of Grey Kangaroos killed in Victoria for commercial gain in the first six months of 2024.

Endnote

A new round of Kangaroo nonsense is being spruiked by journalists and Victorian Government politicians. We look at the reality.

News and politics

A new round of Kangaroo nonsense is being spruiked by journalists and Victorian Government politicians. We look at the reality.

Why the new round of Kangaroo spin?

A new round of Kangaroo nonsense is being spruiked by journalists and Victorian Government politicians. We look at the reality.

Gobbledygook

Statewide surveys have been conducted in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022. The next survey will be in the latter months of 2024.

The more they kill, the bigger the population grows?

Statewide surveys have been conducted in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022. The next survey will be in the latter months of 2024.

Number of Kangaroos counted during Victorian Government population surveys by shooting zone

Statewide surveys have been conducted in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022. The next survey will be in the latter months of 2024.

Number of Kangaroos counted during Victorian Government surveys

Statewide surveys have been conducted in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022. The next survey will be in the latter months of 2024.

Number crunch: Likely scenario

This analysis gives the 2023 actuals against quota for Victoria (data published on 29 July 2024) and ATCW data including killing on public land.

Summary

This analysis gives the 2023 actuals against quota for Victoria (data published on 29 July 2024) and ATCW data including killing on public land.

Rising quotas and falling actuals against quotas

This analysis gives the 2023 actuals against quota for Victoria (data published on 29 July 2024) and ATCW data including killing on public land.

Kangaroo statistics: A note on Victoria

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

Kangaroo statistics: A note on New South Wales

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

New South Wales and Kangaroos

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

South Australia and us

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

The codes of silence

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

Your ABC: Setting the scene

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

Converging trends and the treatment of wildlife carers and rescuers

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

In the front line: The rescuers and carers of Australian wildlife

Professor Steve Garlick (NSW) makes the point that someone always has to clean up the mess resulting from government wildlife polices, the someone is a wildlife carer.

Answers require more questions

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

Recapping the situation in 2024

The changes to the proposed new South Australia Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan are not only predictable, but they will also be devastating for remnant Kangaroo populations in the state.

The same old spin

The changes to the proposed new South Australia Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan are not only predictable, but they will also be devastating for remnant Kangaroo populations in the state.

Background: South Australia and Kangaroos in the recent period

The changes to the proposed new South Australia Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan are not only predictable, but they will also be devastating for remnant Kangaroo populations in the state.

The proposed changes

The changes to the proposed new South Australia Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan are not only predictable, but they will also be devastating for remnant Kangaroo populations in the state.

Questions and answers

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

Scenario for Victoria in 2025: A deadly warning

Years of reporting on wildlife massacres in Australia does not make this grim task easier. This recent massacre of one hundred Kangaroos in Victoria was particularly vile.

A response from the Victorian Government

Years of reporting on wildlife massacres in Australia does not make this grim task easier. This recent massacre of one hundred Kangaroos in Victoria was particularly vile.

So what of the authorities in relation to the June matter?

Years of reporting on wildlife massacres in Australia does not make this grim task easier. This recent massacre of one hundred Kangaroos in Victoria was particularly vile.

An extraordinary escalation

Years of reporting on wildlife massacres in Australia does not make this grim task easier. This recent massacre of one hundred Kangaroos in Victoria was particularly vile.

The missing and the survivors: They never ever learn

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

Populations: Citizen science v official estimates

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

The road to extermination

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

History in numbers

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

Killing sites 2024

The plan: Seven nature reserves across the ACT will be closed from 9 June until 1 August 2024 for the ACT’s annual Kangaroo Management Program.

More BAU

So what happened to the Victorian Government’s 2023 consultation regarding the commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in the state?

What does compliance management in South Australia actually look like?

“All Kangaroo species in South Australia are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972”. Well, perhaps not.

What does compliance management in New South Wales actually look like?

The population estimate of the four commercial species in 2023, from which the 2024 quota is derived, was 9,634,900 (down from 11,882,215 in the previous year).

What does compliance management in Queensland actually look like?

Three species, the Red Kangaroo, the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and the Wallaroo are exploited for commercial gain across six shooting zones in Queensland. They plan to turn 2.5 million Kangaroos into pet food in 2024. No chance of that.

Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos: Update as of 15 June 2024 from actuals now received from Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales from 2023

This analysis updates the 2022 numbers, estimates the outcome for 2023 and provides comparisons for 2020 to 2024.

Q&A: Chris Glennon

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Citizen science

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Killing joeys

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Findings in the review (examples)

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Habitats

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Population estimates

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Report card

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Carcass utilisation

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Killing History

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

The killing in 2024

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Signs of resistance

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Science and ethics

“People don't do such things!” Henrik Ibsen. Well in Canberra, it appears they do.

Trading bushmeat

When it comes to what we see in Australia regarding the treatment of Kangaroos, we can only describe it as deeply degrading of a civil society and the kinder and clever world so many of us want to create.

Gobbledegook

The commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Victoria has nothing to do with mitigation of harm, but everything to do with commercial gain.

Grants in relation to the exploitation of Kangaroos

When it comes to what we see in Australia regarding the treatment of Kangaroos, we can only describe it as deeply degrading of a civil society and the kinder and clever world so many of us want to create.

Codes ain't codes

When it comes to what we see in Australia regarding the treatment of Kangaroos, we can only describe it as deeply degrading of a civil society and the kinder and clever world so many of us want to create.

Why and what?

When it comes to what we see in Australia regarding the treatment of Kangaroos, we can only describe it as deeply degrading of a civil society and the kinder and clever world so many of us want to create.

The Deer Conundrum

An alarming increase in native wildlife killing in 2023. During 2023, 2,482 ATCW permits were issued to lethally control 119,367 native Australian animals in Victoria (Australian mammals and birds).

New species entering the ATCW list in Victoria in 2022 and 2023

An alarming increase in native wildlife killing in 2023. During 2023, 2,482 ATCW permits were issued to lethally control 119,367 native Australian animals in Victoria (Australian mammals and birds).

Most targeted species for lethal control in Victoria since 2009

An alarming increase in native wildlife killing in 2023. During 2023, 2,482 ATCW permits were issued to lethally control 119,367 native Australian animals in Victoria (Australian mammals and birds).

Lower Darling and Broken Hill shooting zones, 2023 (Western NSW)

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Lower Darling and Broken Hill shooting zones, 2023 (Western NSW)

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Persecution of Kangaroos in Western Australia: A history

This analysis of the situation for Kangaroos in Western Australian in 2024 completes the analysis of all states and mainland territories in Australia for that year.

And so to 2024

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Sounds familiar?

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Back to this century

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

To Arthur Queripel, founder AWPC

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Back to 1973 and your ABC (in the language of the time)

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

In the Australian Parliament

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Sixteen good and true Australians (in the language of the time)

This story provides brief insights into the confronting world that describes the relationship in Australia with Kangaroos. We take you back to the early part of the 1970s.

Gobbledegook

So what happened to the Victorian Government’s 2023 consultation regarding the commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in the state?

Game theory: Creating a lose-lose situation

So what happened to the Victorian Government’s 2023 consultation regarding the commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in the state?

Evolution of commercial Kangaroo shooting zones in New South Wales 2007-2026

The population estimate of the four commercial species in 2023, from which the 2024 quota is derived, was 9,634,900 (down from 11,882,215 in the previous year).

Conduct of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in Western Australia

This analysis of the situation for Kangaroos in Western Australian in 2024 completes the analysis of all states and mainland territories in Australia for that year.

Population estimates for commercially exploited species in Western Australia 2001–2015

This analysis of the situation for Kangaroos in Western Australian in 2024 completes the analysis of all states and mainland territories in Australia for that year.

Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in Western Australia, recent history

This analysis of the situation for Kangaroos in Western Australian in 2024 completes the analysis of all states and mainland territories in Australia for that year.

Damage mitigation permits since 2020

This analysis of the situation for Kangaroos in Western Australian in 2024 completes the analysis of all states and mainland territories in Australia for that year.

2022 actuals commercially exploited species

This analysis of the situation for Kangaroos in Western Australian in 2024 completes the analysis of all states and mainland territories in Australia for that year.

Extinction threats

On Christmas Day 2019 we visited a ‘camp’ of Grey-headed Flying-foxes in Melbourne.

Flying Foxes

On Christmas Day 2019 we visited a ‘camp’ of Grey-headed Flying-foxes in Melbourne.

Fruit Bats

On Christmas Day 2019 we visited a ‘camp’ of Grey-headed Flying-foxes in Melbourne.

Climate

On Christmas Day 2019 we visited a ‘camp’ of Grey-headed Flying-foxes in Melbourne.

Subspecies

We tell this story through the images of one bird, the Pacific Black Duck. A grumpy bird it might be, but that does not justify its treatment.

Distribution

We tell this story through the images of one bird, the Pacific Black Duck. A grumpy bird it might be, but that does not justify its treatment.

South Australia: State snapshot

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

The mass killing

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

Climate

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

Nesting sites vanish

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

The parrot poisoner

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

Conserving nature

The Rose-breasted Cockatoo or Galah is a very clever bird indeed. Given the right circumstances it has a lifespan of 40 to 70 years and pairs for life.

Ramsar Convention and beyond

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Nowhere is safe

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Life

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Histories

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Duty of care

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Drought

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Conundrum

I remember the Coorong from long ago, then it seemed wilder somehow than it does today.

Not alone

What is happening to Bush Stone-curlews in North Queensland is deeply distressing to observe.

Past and present

What is happening to Bush Stone-curlews in North Queensland is deeply distressing to observe.

Exclusion and attitudes

What is happening to Bush Stone-curlews in North Queensland is deeply distressing to observe.

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburras are the iconic bird species of the Australian bush because of their distinctive call.

Laughing Kookaburra redistribution to New Zealand

Laughing Kookaburras are the iconic bird species of the Australian bush because of their distinctive call.

Laughing Kookaburra redistribution in Australia

Laughing Kookaburras are the iconic bird species of the Australian bush because of their distinctive call.

Naturalised Birds of the World

Laughing Kookaburras are the iconic bird species of the Australian bush because of their distinctive call.

Nest

The White-winged Chough is a bird that has been equipped with the skill of near silent flight, flapping and gliding just above forest floor.

Shyness

The White-winged Chough is a bird that has been equipped with the skill of near silent flight, flapping and gliding just above forest floor.

Habitat

The White-winged Chough is a bird that has been equipped with the skill of near silent flight, flapping and gliding just above forest floor.

Distribution

The White-winged Chough is a bird that has been equipped with the skill of near silent flight, flapping and gliding just above forest floor.

End game

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Shades of the Soviet Union

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Hesperornis, an ancient waterbird

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

And so to England

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Natural selection

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Animal watching

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Emu not good enough?

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Black Swan

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Ramsar denied

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

From the New South Wales Government

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Through drought and fires

A series of short anecdotes about birdlife.

Distribution of the Australian Pelican

On an image gathering trip in the South East of Australia we find ourselves sitting among a pod of Pelicans at the mouth of the Snowy River.

The Pelican species

On an image gathering trip in the South East of Australia we find ourselves sitting among a pod of Pelicans at the mouth of the Snowy River.

The wisdom of Presidents

On an image gathering trip in the South East of Australia we find ourselves sitting among a pod of Pelicans at the mouth of the Snowy River.

Some success is unwelcome

Rainbow Lorikeets pair for long periods, all being well, that means for life.

Rainbow Lorikeets and the Victorian Government

Rainbow Lorikeets pair for long periods, all being well, that means for life.

Food

Rainbow Lorikeets pair for long periods, all being well, that means for life.

Young

Rainbow Lorikeets pair for long periods, all being well, that means for life.

Threats

Rainbow Lorikeets pair for long periods, all being well, that means for life.

Papuan Frogmouth

Here are our family of city dwellers, this year, as for each and every year, there are two young birds.

Camouflage

Here are our family of city dwellers, this year, as for each and every year, there are two young birds.

Camouflage

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

A matter of abundance

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

Nature notes

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

End song

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

Ramsar morning

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

The killing begins

Dead and dying birds tumble from the sky, gun violence, brave rescuers among the carnage.

Surveys

Impact of the commercial trade in Kangaroos on killing rates in Victoria

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"When dealing with a species people always delude themselves as to numbers, oh there are plenty of those, is the usual phrase." Gerald Durrell 1965

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2024: Victoria, Authorities to Control Wildlife permits (ATCWs)

This analysis details the number of ATCWs issued in Victoria in 2024 by species and number of animals targeted. It shows a significant increase in the number of protected wildlife being killed using this permit.

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2023 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in New South Wales

In outback New South Wales, where there is an estimated population of just under 3 million Kangaroos, we counted just one living Kangaroo.

2023 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos in South Australia

The latest claims of population increases represent a step change in the scale and scope of the killing as they relate to the improbable claims being made.

2025 Commercial exploitation of Kangaroos, Australian mainland summary

This analysis summarises the 2024 population estimates for Kangaroos on the Australian mainland and the resulting commercial quotas in 2025.

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The Australian Wildlife Protection Council reports on the circumstances facing Australian species

The Australian Wildlife Protection Council reports on the circumstances facing Australian species

Life in the air

“In western society we have lost the capacity of connection to the Earth as described in the landscapes destroyed, in the land lost, in species lost, in knowledge lost, in care lost, in purpose lost and in future lost.” Peter Hylands

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As the slaughter begins: Recreational bird shooting Australia 2025

Yet another major slaughter of Australian birdlife begins in the Autumn of 2025. How many will die?

2025, the deadliest duck shooting opening in Victoria since 2017

More than 250 dead waterbirds, including threatened species, were displayed outside the Victorian Premier’s office on 1 April.

State of capture: Ducks and Quail in Victoria 2025

The Victorian Government claims that 849,300 native Australian birds were killed for the sole purpose of recreation in Victoria in 2024, this year is set to be worst.

2025, the deadliest duck shooting opening in Victoria since 2017

More than 250 dead waterbirds, including threatened species, were displayed outside the Victorian Premier’s office on 1 April.

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The Australian Wildlife Protection Council prepares submissions to governments across Australia as they relate to government inquiries that impact our wildlife. We are a voice for all Australian species

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Ramsar sites: The impact of Victoria’s new game hunting regulations

Changes to regulations for wildlife classified as game in Victoria will impact protected Australian duck and quail species on Ramsar sites in Victoria.

Lake Tyrrell: Counting the missing

As the sun sets over Lake Tyrrell, we reflect on what has been lost and what will be lost. When the sun rises again, we can begin to answer some of our own questions.

Ramsar: To be, well not to be

Lake Saroma (Hokkaido) is the third largest lake in Japan. Its waters are brackish and the lake is shallow. It is separated from the Sea of Okhotsk by a sandbar.

Lake Tyrrell: Counting the missing

As the sun sets over Lake Tyrrell, we reflect on what has been lost and what will be lost. When the sun rises again, we can begin to answer some of our own questions.

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