Kangaroo populations, monitoring & harvesting

Improving the humaneness of commercial kangaroo harvesting

McLeod, Steven R & Sharp, Trudy MRIRDC Publication No. 13/116 (June 2014)

Harvest Management of Kangaroos During Drought

(Pople A. R., 2003)

This NSW report addresses concerns of overharvesting of kangaroos during  drought. A simulation model was used to assess the risk of overharvest during drough and assessed the potential indicators and thresholds for population decline and overharvesting.

Kangaroo Genetics: Impacts of Harvesting

(Hale)

This research addressed concerns about the effect of harvesting on the genetics of kangaroo species and found that the effects of commercial harvesting were unlikely to produce genetic changes in the population.

Kangaroo Industry Wild Game Training Initiative

(Mawson, 2011)RIRDC Publication No. 11/123 (2011)

A model for assessing the relative humaneness of pest animal control methods

(Sharp & Saunders, 2011)

A history of the debate (1948-2009) on the commercial harvesting of kangaroos, with particular reference to New South Wales and the role of Gordon Grigg

(Lunney, 2010)

Conservation benefit from harvesting kangaroos: status report at the start of a new millennium: A paper to stimulate discussion and research

(Grigg, 2002)

This paper explores the view that the best way to reduce grazing pressure in Australia’s rangelands is by reducing sheep through increasing the value of kangaroo production.  This would harness economic incentives in the service of ecological sustainability and rangeland rehabilitation and achieve conservation goals through the sustainable use of wildlife. Grigg advocates a strong marketing effort and provides some suggestions about the benefits of kangaroo harvesting which could feature in a marketing campaign.

Commercial kangaroo harvesters handbook NSW

NSW Government prepared this handbook to help kangaroo harvesters meet NSW requirements for the commercial kangaroo industry.  It contains general information about the commercial kangaroo industry and serves as a guide for applying for licences and tags, harvesting kangaroos in filling in returns.

Commercial kangaroo harvesting fact sheet

Provided by the Australian Government, this outlines the basics of kangaroo harvesting in Australia and the roles and responsibilities of state and federal governments.

Monitoring Kangaroo Populations in Southeastern New South Wales

(Pople, Cairns, & Menke, Monitoring Kangaroo Populations in Southeastern New South Wales, 2003)

An overview of the Queensland macropod monitoring programme

(Lundie-Jenkins, Hoolihan, & Maag, 1999)

Repeatability of aerial surveys

(Pople A. R., Repeatability of aerial surveys, 1999)

The effect of non-sex biased shooting on some population characteristics of the Eastern Grey Kangaroo in the Murrurundi area, New South Wales

(Shelly, 1997)

Stochastic demography and population dynamics in the Red Kangaroo (Macropus Rufus)

(Jonzen N. , Pople, Knape, & Skold, 2010)

Using spatio-temporal modelling as a decision support tool for management of a native pest herbivore

(Wiggins, Penny, Bowman, Collier, & McMahon, 2014)