Dr Graeme Coulson, a kangaroo ecologist and senior lecturer in zoology in the University of Melbourne, said that, as a general rule, 100 kangaroos per square kilometre was a sign of trouble. The number is now reaching 200. If we do not control it, we get widespread land degradation and widespread plant biodiversity loss because the country gets overgrazed. Trapped inside the 18-metre electric fence that surrounds the 45 000-hectare site, the kangaroos have over bred, eaten themselves out of food and denuded the base of its native grasses.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment issued the Department of Defence a 3-month permit to cull the kangaroos. The RSPCA has backed the cull, saying thousands of kangaroos are in poor condition because of the lack of food caused by the drought in the area. A DNRE spokesman said the permit would b

It is far better to foster a strong kangaroo industry that makes the animals worth something. Colin Trinder said it is not the wisest use of the resource to stick them in the ground and hope the Victorian Government would see the wisdom of this approach. The Victorian Farmers Federation said the government should act to ensure some commercial return from the culling process.

The Department of Defence's director of environmental stewardship, Colin Trinder said the Puckapunyal kangaroos were sick and starving. Those that were already suffering would be put down first. Mr Trinder said other culls in coming months would reduce the numbers to an ecologically sustainable level of about 45000 animals.

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