Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires
by Petra Stock from Environment | The Guardian on (#6TH9J)
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Wildlife advocates are calling for a halt to the commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Victoria's Grampians region after bushfires there.
Wildlife Victoria warned of long-term impacts" on native plants and animals due to the fires, which burned through 76,000 hectares of national park and farmland, and called for a stop to the controversial practice until the impact on kangaroo populations could be fully assessed.
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