Council ignores move to end kangaroo shoots
Picture: Gary Sissons
A LACK of scientific evidence has seen all but one of the shire’s 11 councillors decline to call for a ban on the slaughter of kangaroos on the Mornington Peninsula.
Cr David Gill said kangaroo shooting should be stopped because “we don’t know how many there are and how many are being killed”.
His move failed to get the backing of even one councillor and lapsed without a vote being taken at the council’s Tuesday 9 February meeting.
Cr Gill’s motion called for a ban of kangaroos shooting “until scientific research is undertaken justifying the need for this practice and determining the long-term ramifications on our kangaroo population”.
Council ignores move to end kangaroo shoots
Picture: Gary Sissons
A LACK of scientific evidence has seen all but one of the shire’s 11 councillors decline to call for a ban on the slaughter of kangaroos on the Mornington Peninsula.
Cr David Gill said kangaroo shooting should be stopped because “we don’t know how many there are and how many are being killed”.
His move failed to get the backing of even one councillor and lapsed without a vote being taken at the council’s Tuesday 9 February meeting.
Cr Gill’s motion called for a ban of kangaroos shooting “until scientific research is undertaken justifying the need for this practice and determining the long-term ramifications on our kangaroo population”.