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

Mon Feb 11 19:47:01 CST 2008

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>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:31:34 -0600
>Subject: ACT/ Protest Australia's Mass Kangaroo Kill
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>2/11/08: Protest Australia's Mass Kangaroo Kill
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>"The commercial kangaroo kill quota for 2007 is just over 3.6 million 
>kangaroos. Some skins and meat products are used domestically (60 to 70% of 
>kangaroo meat goes into the Australian pet food market), and the rest is 
>exported to 55 countries as leather or meat for human consumption. Kangaroo 
>leather is widely used in the manufacture of sporting shoes and gloves as 
>well as in dress shoes and accessory manufacture." 
>SOURCE: <http://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/kangaroo_shooting.php>http://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/kangaroo_shooting.php
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>FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Sample letter follows.
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>AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
>   The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister
>   Parliament House, CANBERRA ACT 2600
>    web mail: <http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm>http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm 
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>   The Hon. Peter Garrett AM MP
>    Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
>   PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
>    ph: 02-6277-7640; fax: 02-6273 6101
>    email: Peter.Garrett.MP at aph.gov.au
>    general web mail: <http://www.environment.gov.au/about/comments.html>http://www.environment.gov.au/about/comments.html 
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>   Mr. Peter Cochrane, Director of National Parks
>   GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601
>    ph: 02-6274 2221; fax 02-6274 2349
>    email: peter.cochrane at environment.gov.au 
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>   Ms. Kerry Smith, Assistant Secretary, Wildlife Division
>   Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 
>    GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601
>    ph: 02-6274 1224; fax: 02-6274 1600
>    email: Kerry.Smith at deh.gov.au
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>    Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
>   PO Box A290, Sydney South NSW 1232, Australia
>    ph: 02-9995-5000; fax: 02-9995 5999
>    email: info at environment.nsw.gov.au 
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>   NSW National Parks And Wildlife Services
>   NPWS Kangaroo Management Unit
>    PO Box 2111, Dubbo NSW 2830
>    ph: 02-6883-5343, 02-6883-5375; fax: 02-6884-8675
>    email: kangaroo.management at environment.nsw.gov.au 
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>    Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia
>   email: info at kangaroo-industry.asn.au 
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>    Australian Embassy, United States of America
>   Mr. Dennis J Richardson AO, Ambassador to United States of America
>    1601 Massachusetts Ave., Washington DC NW 20036-2273
>    ph: +1-202-797-3000; fax: +1-202-797-3168, +1-202-797-3331
>    email: public.affairsus at dfat.gov.au 
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>Peter.Garrett.MP at aph.gov.au, peter.cochrane at environment.gov.au, 
>Kerry.Smith at deh.gov.au, info at environment.nsw.gov.au, 
>kangaroo.management at environment.nsw.gov.au, info at kangaroo-industry.asn.au, 
>public.affairsus at dfat.gov.au 
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>SAMPLE LETTER --  This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue. 
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>Honorable Officials of Australia:
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>The commercial slaughter of kangaroos for meat, fur and leather demeans 
>Australia's global image. I call upon politicians to phase out kangaroo 
>shooting altogether. In the meantime, please rein in mass kill quotas that 
>endanger future populations.
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>The killing methods sanctioned in the National Code of Practice for the 
>Humane Shooting of Kangaroos and Wallabies sicken me. Kangaroos are 
>Australia's national icon and beloved worldwide. They deserve enforceable 
>protections. Instead, animal welfare oversight is virtually nonexistent.
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>Hunters spotlight kangaroos in the outback at night. Though they aim for the 
>head, they often miss the brain -- leaving kangaroos with gaping head and 
>mouth wounds. An estimated hundreds of thousands of maimed animals suffer 
>prolonged death every year.
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>Orphaned joeys, considered worthless, are yanked from their slain mother's 
>pouch for a grisly death. The Code recommends they be decapitated with a 
>sharp blade; shot at point blank range; clubbed with a metal pipe; or 
>slammed against a tow bar or other firm object.
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>Older joeys (who live in and out of the pouch) succumb to exposure, 
>starvation or predation. Some 300,000 "at foot" joeys die each year.
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>I oppose the mass slaughter of Australian wildlife for both ethical and 
>ecological reasons. A two-year investigation shows kangaroo numbers in 
>shooting ranges -- areas also imperiled by drought -- have dropped about 
>59%, from over 57 million in 2001, to roughly 23.6 million in 2006. 
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>The government claims some of the annual cull is "damage mitigation" because 
>kangaroos degrade grazing grounds. But there is not enough impartial 
>scientific data to justify slaughter. Destructive agricultural practices, on 
>the other hand, are proving unsustainable.
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>Australia's kangaroo kill is the largest known slaughter of land wildlife. I 
>respectfully ask the government to work toward the non-consumptive "use" of 
>kangaroos for tourism. Please maximize eco-tourism instead of killing.
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>Thank you,
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>SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS LETTER CAMPAIGN
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>*   Kangaroo Shooting
>   <http://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/kangaroo_shooting.php>http://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/kangaroo_shooting.php
>*   Kangaroo Protection Coalition
>   <http://www.kangaroo-protection-coalition.com/kangaroos-in-europe.html>http://www.kangaroo-protection-coalition.com/kangaroos-in-europe.html
>*   New Kangaroo Code Sanctions Animal Cruelty
>   <http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/kangaroo_code_sanctions_cruelty.php>http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/kangaroo_code_sanctions_cruelty.php
>*   NSW Kangaroo Management Plan 2007 - 2011
>   <http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/kmp_2007_2011_draft>http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/kmp_2007_2011_draft 
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