28 February 2013

Cull statistics

28 February 2013 | By johnboy

Someone has FOI’d the numbers in the ACT’s kangaroo culls which means we can share the numbers.

Interestingly the culls only started in 2009 with 494 roos culled, reached a peak in 2011 with 2439, and declined last year to 1154.

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gooterz7:54 pm 28 Feb 13

There are about 2000 roo/car crashes in the ACT every year.

Roo’s can drive better than most ACT residents

muntychops5:30 pm 28 Feb 13

Am I the only one thinking McCull Burgers? Yum

Aeek3:07 pm 28 Feb 13

switch said :

Secret meetings are now being held between kangaroos and bicyclists to wage war upon their common enemy.

What? If you think ‘roos are a danger to 4 wheels, they are much worse to anything on two.

IrishPete3:00 pm 28 Feb 13

DrKoresh said :

This is a tragedy, animals are people too! :'(

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/sarcasm.

I think you mean people are animals too…

I presume one year the government will actually evaluate the effect of the cull on roo-car collisions. I expect the answer to be zero (and you certainly don’t see it reflected in insurance premiums, do you? have they gone down since culling started?)

switch1:45 pm 28 Feb 13

Secret meetings are now being held between kangaroos and bicyclists to wage war upon their common enemy.

Chop711:38 pm 28 Feb 13

The William Hovell Drive cull kills way more than that.

DrKoresh12:36 pm 28 Feb 13

This is a tragedy, animals are people too! :'(

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/sarcasm.