The Wire

A new think tank at the Sydney-based Institute of Sustainable Futures plans to change the way Australians think about Skippy. THINKK, is a team of biologists and animal welfare experts, who are carrying out independent research on kangaroo culling. According to the researchers, kangaroo meat, known for its low impact on the environment and free range properties, is not as eco-friendly as it’s often thought to be. The Kangaroo Industry Association says the benefits of sustainable kangaroo harvesting are vast and that increasing kangaroo numbers in place of cattle and sheep would lower greenhouse gas emissions. But conservationists say that in many cases the kangaroos are not killed humanely.