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Wildlife trade and conservation

Kangaroos - Australia's best-known animals

Kangaroos

There are now more of some kangaroo species, generally the larger ones, than when the European settlers arrived. Other species are gone forever, made extinct by surroundings that were changed too much for them to survive. Many of less well known surviving species are also decreasing in number and may become extinct if we do not take the necessary actions.

What is a kangaroo?

Kangaroo and wallaby harvesting

Kangaroo and wallaby statistics

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