The Australian military says it intends to kill some 3,000 kangaroos, citing a population boom that threatens several endangered species.


Los Angeles Times:

Animal rights activists decried the proposal.

The department said the 6,500 kangaroos at two sites outside Canberra were destroying the habitat of the grassland earless dragon, striped legless lizard and golden sun moth.

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