Comments on: Canberra Roos Saved, But lost the Wallabies! http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/canberra-roos-saved-but-lost-the-wallabies/ Lets Do it Together, You can Save the World One Step at a Time Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:42:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rufus http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/canberra-roos-saved-but-lost-the-wallabies/#comment-223 Rufus Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:00:27 +0000 http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-223 Wow. We deal with the same issues here. Truly we do, and it IS a global process. There's no easy answer. I'm sickened by the loss of so many of this planets wonderful creatures. Awareness, education and outreach are the only solutions at this point. We can't do anything except try to pull our childrens heads out of their video games long enough to teach them that they are responsible for the next wave of life here on this third rock from the sun. I'm worried too .. Wow. We deal with the same issues here. Truly we do, and it IS a global process.
There’s no easy answer. I’m sickened by the loss of so many of this planets wonderful creatures.
Awareness, education and outreach are the only solutions at this point.

We can’t do anything except try to pull our childrens heads out of their video games long enough to teach them that they are responsible for the next wave of life here on this third rock from the sun.

I’m worried too ..

]]> By: aussiecynic http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/canberra-roos-saved-but-lost-the-wallabies/#comment-222 aussiecynic Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:25:34 +0000 http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-222 Hey Warwick And Welcome.... the kangaroo has a rare ability to contain a feotus within the mothers body for quite some time... it remains in frozen in time until a more favourable time ei drought, low feed, high population numbers etc... has passed their Numbers arent actually out of control... infact the numbers of roos has been in decline for the past ten years or more... dropping by around 40% so far... I am in Tassie.... with the problems of the Devils looming... They just found One which is immune to the Facial Tumours... imagine if that one creature had been killed in a trap we could still have no hope of saving the species.. It is more to do with the genetic diversity of a species... Do we have the right to kill a creature because it is in our way.... not living in a convenient area, or simple makes irritating noises... no we do not... Aboriginals did hunt and eat Kangaroos and many others, but it was for food and survival, not out of some miss guided thought of we know best or we are superior and have the right..... because we really dont... The Egology issue was what was used to justify the slaughter, and it just didnt wash ... all that needed to be down was the fence remove for a few days, or the animals relocated... the Defence Force was not worried about the little grasshoper living there when they used the land.... So I cant see why they were so concerned when the roos were using it.. It does appear to have been a smokescreen ... everyone saving the roos in canberra... which on the same they announced the relocation program they go and kill all the wallabies in the Northern Territory air base.... seems very convenient ... Hey Warwick
And Welcome….
the kangaroo has a rare ability to contain a feotus within the mothers body for quite some time… it remains in frozen in time until a more favourable time ei drought, low feed, high population numbers etc… has passed

their Numbers arent actually out of control… infact the numbers of roos has been in decline for the past ten years or more… dropping by around 40% so far…

I am in Tassie…. with the problems of the Devils looming… They just found One which is immune to the Facial Tumours… imagine if that one creature had been killed in a trap we could still have no hope of saving the species..

It is more to do with the genetic diversity of a species…
Do we have the right to kill a creature because it is in our way…. not living in a convenient area, or simple makes irritating noises… no we do not…

Aboriginals did hunt and eat Kangaroos and many others, but it was for food and survival, not out of some miss guided thought of we know best or we are superior and have the right….. because we really dont…

The Egology issue was what was used to justify the slaughter, and it just didnt wash … all that needed to be down was the fence remove for a few days, or the animals relocated… the Defence Force was not worried about the little grasshoper living there when they used the land….
So I cant see why they were so concerned when the roos were using it..
It does appear to have been a smokescreen … everyone saving the roos in canberra… which on the same they announced the relocation program they go and kill all the wallabies in the Northern Territory air base….
seems very convenient …

]]> By: Warwick http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/canberra-roos-saved-but-lost-the-wallabies/#comment-221 Warwick Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:01:53 +0000 http://iwanttobreathe.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-221 You state that all was well when the continent was supervised by the Aborigines. I agree with that, but wouldn't kangaroo populations have been constantly controlled by the Aborigines, given that the roo was a prime food source? Aren't the roos out of control now because kangaroo meat is not on many Australian dinner tables these days? Is there any ecological difference between eating kangaroos and burying them? Hey, I live in Canberra and I love bushwalking and talking to the kangaroos, which are always waiting for me to come by, but let's be real: it's most unlikely that shooting a few hundred of the dear things in Canberra is going to terminate the species! You state that all was well when the continent was supervised by the Aborigines. I agree with that, but wouldn’t kangaroo populations have been constantly controlled by the Aborigines, given that the roo was a prime food source? Aren’t the roos out of control now because kangaroo meat is not on many Australian dinner tables these days? Is there any ecological difference between eating kangaroos and burying them? Hey, I live in Canberra and I love bushwalking and talking to the kangaroos, which are always waiting for me to come by, but let’s be real: it’s most unlikely that shooting a few hundred of the dear things in Canberra is going to terminate the species!

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