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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Plans to slaughter 400 kangaroos living on an abandoned military site near the capital of Australia have been put on hold due to public opposition, the Defense Department said Monday.
Instead, the department said it has asked the local government to consider moving the animals — which have been blamed for ruining the habitat of rare lizards and insects — to another site.
A report released earlier this month recommended the immediate slaughter of the animals to protect lowland native grasslands and threatened species, and said relocating them would be inhumane.
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