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Victorian kangaroo meat heading to supermarket shelves under expanded harvest plan
The Victorian Government has increased the number of kangaroos allowed to be killed as part of its controversial kangaroo harvesting program by nearly 40,000.
Key points:
- Victoria’s kangaroo harvesting program will now include meat for human consumption
- The quota in 2021 is 95,680 kangaroos, an increase of 37,780 from last year
- The state’s kangaroo population is up almost 40 per cent compared to 2018
Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas said the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning estimated the current kangaroo population was almost 2 million across Victoria, up almost 40 per cent compared to 2018.
“There’s an abundance of kangaroos at the moment competing for food with livestock and so this is also about making sure we…
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