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Kangaroo, wallaby health and wellbeing to be investigated in NSW upper house inquiry
A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will investigate the health and wellbeing of kangaroos and other macropods amid concerns populations of the native animals are declining.
Key points:
- Red and grey kangaroo and wallaroo populations in NSW dropped from 17 million in 2016 to about 10.5 million last year
- The inquiry will investigate rules for commercial and non-commercial harvesting of kangaroos
- The independent chair of the state’s Kangaroo Management Taskforce has welcomed inquiry
The state’s kangaroo population dropped by nearly 40 per cent in five years, according to annual survey data from the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE).
The DPIE found numbers of red and grey kangaroos and wallaroos in New South Wales
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