Wild kangaroo numbers cut by cont-roo-ception

• Autores: Alice Klein
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3079, 2016, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A contraceptive has made the jump from women to kangaroos. A large trial of hormonal implants in roos in south-east Australia has reduced the number of the animals born, removing the need to cull them by shooting. Australia has twice as many kangaroos as people. When numbers become high locally, more of the animals collide with cars, and they contaminate water supplies and damage grasslands. To control numbers--and supply kangaroo meat--more than five million wild kangaroos are culled a year.