Bob Irwin Video Message About Saving Australia’s Kangaroos
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 1st, 2010 in Animal Issues, Videos.
Bob Irwin, father of the late Steve Irwin known as the “Crocodile Hunter,” on Animal Planet, has recorded a message supporting Australia’s kangaroos at a recent fundraiser in Sydney.
According to the Australian Society for Kangaroos, the kangaroo industry killed approximately 3.6 million kangaroos in 2008 to export meat and supply skins to shoe companies in Europe, Asia and the United States.
The Society also cites recent data showing that in areas allowing commercial kangaroo hunting, the species is experiencing a “quasi-extinction,” (less than 5 per square kilometre), putting their numbers in jeopardy.
Irwin has spoken out against the industry before, when it was announced export to China would begin in 2010.
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