Further
information concerning the Kangaroo Industry can be
obtained from the following resources:
1)
Commercial
Harvesting of Kangaroos in Australia 2004. A comprehensive
report on the sustainability of the kangaroo industry y Dr A. Pople
Queensland University Dept. of Zoology. (PDF, 76Kb).
2)
Background
Briefing
A report detailing population, environmental impact and
harvest sustainability - a good place to start research.
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3)
Australia's
Kangaroos
A succinct Government Fact Sheet on the Kangaroo
Industry, (PDF document, 238K).
4)
A response to some of the anti kangaroo industry rhetoric.
Some details of the lies told by radical animal liberationists about
the kangaroo industry.
5)
Profitable marketing of kangaroo products. 1995.
RIRDC Research paper no.95/19. Available from RIRDC ph.
06 272 4539
This
paper provides estimates of value of domestic and export
trade, meat yield data, value chain analysis, marketing
opportunities and constraints.
6) A
review of the impact of government policies on kangaroo
industry commercial practice. 1998. RIRDC report no.
97/35. Available from RIRDC ph. 06 272 4539
This
paper provides an assessment of the regulatory
environment affecting the kangaroo industry. Provides
data on quotas, harvest and population back to
1980
7)
Improving customer perceptions of kangaroo products.
1998 RIRDC report no 97/36. Available from RIRDC ph
06 272 4539.
Report
on a market research survey on 500 people in 5 capital
cities regarding use of kangaroo meat for human
consumption. Extensive recommendations for marketing
kangaroo.
8)
Conservation through sustainable use of wildlife.
1995 Edited by G Grigg and D Lumney. Available from the
Center for conservation biology, University of
Qld.
9)
Exploiting Our Native Fauna - Culling, Harvesting,
Farming? Conference symposium 1996, Australian
Institute of Biology. Ph: 08 8269 1156.
10)
Commercial Utilisation of Australian Native Wildlife.
Report of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs, and
Transport References Committee, 1988. Ph: 02 6277
3510.
11)
Vegetation Responses to stratified kangaroo grazing
pressure at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park 1992-'96.
Dept. Natural Resources & Environment, Vic.
1997.
Links
to other Kangaroo Web sites
