One hundred and forty eastern grey kangaroos were shot on Saturday, a week before race car drivers take off during Australia’s annual "V8 Supercar Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". The race takes place October 8 through 11, 2009, at the Mount Panorama race track in Bathhurst.
Why? Because, according to Bathhurst mayor Paul Toole: "Several years ago, a kangaroo hopped onto the track and was filmed weaving in and out of the cars before escaping. Three years ago, a kangaroo was struck and killed in the race."
Many of the kangaroos would have carried their young in their pouches. They were likely slaughtered too. Eastern grey kangaroos are the heaviest marsupials in the world.
How's that for being ecologically sensitive?
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Cal and his 15-year-old son Jeremy
About Me
- Cal Smith
- I'm a rather creative guy with 86 years experience writing news , authoring books, publishing magazines, operating corporations, harvesting abalone and sea urchins alonng the west coast of Canada, instructing electronics, installing computer control systems, building websites, running national contests, body building, scuba diving, flying, skiing, fishing and playing racquetball. And, being a baby in Northern Ontario. Right now, I'm promoting a program I created to help ordinary Americans climb out of the gutter into the rich man's world through a unique investment scheme I created to take advantage of the currently low crude oil prices. The one thing I have never learned is how to write short sentences.
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