Tag: kangaroos
Audit to set quota for kangaroo cull
THE Department for Environment and Water (DEW) will take to Limestone Coast roads and skies this month to determine harvest quotas for kangaroos in...
Parliament committee calls for cull program action to reduce pest impact
THE ECONOMIC impact of pest animals on South Australia could be as high as $797m according to Member for MacKillop Nick McBride.
The state's Natural...
Police renew safety calls after crash leaves young driver in serious condition
LIMESTONE Coast Police have issued a fresh warning for motorists to be on high alert in populated kangaroo areas amid reports the native animal...
Renewed push for South East wildlife cull challenged
AN ANIMAL rescue volunteer believes a kangaroo cull is not the solution to reduce high collision numbers with the native animal on South East...
Luckless Millicent driver urges action over worsening roadside hazard
TRAVELLING from Millicent to Nangwarry has driven Dan Rogers hopping mad, having hit around 20 kangaroos over the last three months.
A serious safety concern...
Kangaroo passion shared
PENOLA resident Trudy Taylor has shared a passion for Australia's true-blue hopping Australian icon for over half a decade.
Raising over 12 Grey Eastern kangaroos,...
Roo cull push as rising population calls for action
GRANT District Council will continue to push for a sustainable kangaroo harvest amid ongoing concerns over the impact of the native animals on farming...
Devoted carer rescues wildlife
BEACHPORT'S Narelle Marshall decided to care for injured animals after watching her daughter cradle an injured joey more than a decade ago.
Now 13 years...
Doctor condemns ‘barbaric’ wildlife deaths
A LOCAL doctor and former zoologist has denounced the "barbaric" killing of two kangaroos near his home on the outskirts of Mount Gambier at the weekend[...]
Untapped potential
A PROPONENT of a proposed commercial kangaroo processing facility has urged the State Government to lift the ban on commercial harvesting given the explosion of animal numbers across the district.[...]
Shoo Roo: Population boom triggers harvest call
WITH kangaroo numbers increasing and causing an alarming number of vehicle collisions on rural roads, a push to cull the native animal is on...
WBFL: North claim firm grip on competition
DESPITE deteriorating playing conditions, Western Border Football League premiership favourite North Gambier still constructed another impressive scoreline of 19.12 (126) while restricting a wooden...