Vegetarian Star

The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin‘s father, Bob Irwin, is asking China not to import kangaroo meat, as the industry is endangering the animal.

Russia has already banned kangaroo meat imports, and now Australia is looking to Asian countries to export the product, and is expected to start supplying China in the first part of 2010.

“Our kangaroos are in a position at the moment where you would describe their numbers as critical, I believe,” Bob Irwin said. “We are just trying to get the message across to China that it is definitely not necessary to eat kangaroo meat. It is unhygienic for a start and we would not eat their pandas, mate, so why should they eat our kangaroos?”

It is estimated there are 25 million kangaroos across Australia, but some conservationists argue that numbers are far lower.

via voanews.com

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