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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Animal rights campaigners fighting a proposal to shoot more than 3,000 kangaroos outside the capital claimed a partial victory Thursday when an official revealed that alternatives on dealing with the burgeoning population were also being considered.
The Defense Department plans to hire professional shooters to cull the kangaroos — Australia's national symbol — at two of its properties on the outskirts of Canberra.
The department argues that an estimated 6,500 common eastern gray kangaroos on the sites risked starvation and were eating through the grassy habitats of endangered species, and it has applied to Canberra's local administration for licenses to kill 3,200 of the marsupials.
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