https://www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/our-wildlife/kangaroos
Estimated 2-million roos in Victoria earlier this year.
It mentions they are.protected under the 1975 Wildlife Act, but there may have been something earlier.
Blr243 wrote:I’m familiar with the shoot and let lie permit thing a grazier can apply for easily over the phone. I just wondered how far back laws were introduced regarding licenced shooting of kangaroos ....I get the idea it was common decades ago and not many people knew it was illegal to shoot them unless u had a permit/ licence. ..I googled it but no luck finding when the laws were introduced
Blr243 wrote:For how many decades has it been illegal to shoot kangaroos without a permit ? I’m not really referring to commercial harvesting for meat and skins , mainly in regards to a grazier wanting to thin them out when he’s suffering from grazing pressure ..... have the current laws been in place for 3-4-5 decades? Or forever ?
Bruiser64 wrote:
It depends where you live. Here in W.A you don’t need a permit to cull roos in most local government shires. The reason being there is a declared open season on roos. A land owner, his manager or agent can legally cull roos without applying for a permit. The rule is that if the roo population declines too much, then landowners will be directed to cease culling activities. As western grey kangaroos are “prolific and abundant”, I suspect this isn’t going to be an issue for rge foreseeable future.
Die Judicii wrote:Bruiser64 wrote:
It depends where you live. Here in W.A you don’t need a permit to cull roos in most local government shires. The reason being there is a declared open season on roos. A land owner, his manager or agent can legally cull roos without applying for a permit. The rule is that if the roo population declines too much, then landowners will be directed to cease culling activities. As western grey kangaroos are “prolific and abundant”, I suspect this isn’t going to be an issue for rge foreseeable future.
So much for Jack Boot Johnnie's "Uniform gun Laws[u]"[/u]
Howard is a really nice name,,,, but John is just a four letter word.
Bruiser64 wrote:Die Judicii wrote:Bruiser64 wrote:
It depends where you live. Here in W.A you don’t need a permit to cull roos in most local government shires. The reason being there is a declared open season on roos. A land owner, his manager or agent can legally cull roos without applying for a permit. The rule is that if the roo population declines too much, then landowners will be directed to cease culling activities. As western grey kangaroos are “prolific and abundant”, I suspect this isn’t going to be an issue for rge foreseeable future.
So much for Jack Boot Johnnie's "Uniform gun Laws[u]"[/u]
Howard is a really nice name,,,, but John is just a four letter word.
The gun laws have similarities but they are not uniform. Our laws in WA appear to be more restrictive than in other states. Then we have things like the roo culling rules that are a lot less restrictive. I suspect the roo management rules in Victoria and NSW in particular are largely driven by the demands of urban greenies who believe roos are on the verge of extinction.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:I don't see why we should have uniform gun laws seeing as we are a federation of self governing states under our own sovereignty. It is bad enough all the freedom haters in Brisbane control the rest of the state. I would hate for Sydney and Melbourne to control my gun laws.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:I don't see why we should have uniform gun laws seeing as we are a federation of self governing states under our own sovereignty. It is bad enough all the freedom haters in Brisbane control the rest of the state. I would hate for Sydney and Melbourne to control my gun laws.