If roos were mice

Shooting kangaroos is a serious matter and not undertaken by farmers for fun.

Huge costs are involved in preparing paddocks and sowing crops on large acreages which can be rendered totally worthless when vast numbers of kangaroos destroy it.

That cost is compounded by lost income from the damaged crop.

If your livelihood was a bakery selling cakes would you try to chase mice away or would you take measures to eradicate rodents and minimise your losses?

Let farmers get on with their legitimate farming enterprises.

If Australia can’t maintain a viable primary industry, we could all finish up buying rice from China to feed our kids.