Is kangaroo harvesting an ethical meat trade or a monstrous violation of animal welfare? Science may be on the side of the shootersAustralia's kangaroo meat trade could be the most sustainable in the world, despite welfare concernsAustralia's kangaroo meat trade could be the most sustainable in the world, despite welfare concernsIn the drought-affected dustbowl of inland Australia, the kangaroos are starving. It is, depending who you talk to, the most sustainable and ethical meat trade in the world, or a monstrous violation of animal welfare that involves the murder of joeys. Animal welfare organisations based in Australia have run successful market campaigns in places like California arguing that kangaroo meat and leather is cruel and unclean. An attempt was made, briefly, to rebrand kangaroo meat as “Australus” following a public competition run by the Kangaroo Industry Association of Association, of which Borda is now national president.

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2019 18:56 UTC