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2019 ​Canberra ​statement

2019 canberra statement

image: Ray Drew, Ray Drew Photography
27 organisations issued a statement condemning the planned killing of 4,076 kangaroos and unknown numbers of joeys in and around Australia's capital city, Canberra, in 2019.  The killing continued in 2020.
20 May 2019

2019 CANBERRA STATEMENT: THE KILLING OF 4,076 KANGAROOS & THEIR JOEYS

​We, the below undersigned, condemn the planned killing of 4,076 kangaroos and their joeys by the Australian Capital Territory government, and draw attention to the cruelty and suffering inflicted by these actions.
This is occurring within a context of a global wildlife crisis with extinction looming for over one million species according to the United Nations' latest comprehensive report on biodiversity. This echoes WWF's 2018 report that shows that wildlife has declined by 60 percent between 1970 and 2014.
​Australia is responsible for the most severe loss of biodiversity, with 29 terrestrial endemic mammals now nationally extinct so far since European settlement in 1788. This represents almost half of global mammal extinctions in the last two hundred years.
Right when global scientists have issued the strongest call yet to reverse "nature's dangerous decline”, the ACT government is overseeing the cruel mass slaughter of over 4,000 kangaroos in Australia's capital.

This staggering level of suffering and loss of wildlife and their young is almost unthinkable. The actions by the ACT government, in a worsening climate and biodiversity crisis, belong to previous centuries.
With another 4,076 kangaroos and their young to be killed on top of the effects of drought, fencing, domestic animal attacks, roadkill and ongoing habitat destruction in the ACT – and in a worsening climate and biodiversity crisis - the mass killing of Australia's iconic species in our national capital must stop. 

SIGNATORIES


Animal Active, Australia
Animal Liberation: Compassion without compromise
Animal Protectors Alliance
Animals Australia - the voice for animals.
Arcohab - Association for Respectful CoHabitation
Australian Society for Kangaroos
Australian Wildlife Protection Council logo
Choose Cruelty Free: Not tested on animals
Coalition for the Protection of Kangaroos
Creative Cowboy Films, International. Logo
Food Empowerment Project
For the Love of Wildlife, Australia
Four Paws Australia
Humane Research Australia: ending animal experimentation
Humane Society International, Australia
Lgo IFAW: International Fund for Animal Welfare
Kanga Watch logo
Kangaroos at Risk, Australia
The Kerulos Center for nonviolence. USA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), Australia
Kangaroo the Movie by Second Nature Films
Sentient. The Veterinary Institute for Animal Welfare, Australia
Two Million Tusks logo
Viva! Vegan is a state of mind. United Kingdom.
Voiceless -the animal protection institute, Australia. logo
Working for Animals, India & Australia
World Animal Protection, Australia logo
4,076 KANGAROOS
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 + UNKNOWN NUMBERS OF POUCH YOUNG  & DEPENDENT AT-FOOT JOEYS ("GHOST JOEYS")

ABOUT

The open letter is a project of the Kangaroo Roundtable, which is a partnership between organisations, scientists, researchers and academics who believe the data, science and research about kangaroos is cause for concern. 

We urge lawmakers, decision-makers, media and the general public to learn about the biology, ecology, behaviour and absence of kangaroos in Australian landscapes. We encourage critique of the deeply held and widely repeated myths about kangaroos. We encourage questioning about the reported status-quo regarding kangaroos. We call for acknowledgement and understanding of the historical, political and commercial interests that have shaped the kangaroo space, and for public access to and robust  examination of the raw data, and the survey and the extrapolation methodologies that make up the Population Estimates on which all public discourse is based.
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