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Wildlife trade and conservation

Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2002

Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas
State
Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)
M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)
M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)
M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)
M. parryi
(Whiptail Wallaby)
M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)
Thylogale billardierii
(Tas Pademelon)
Total
New South Wales
795,900
964,625
286,575
36,300
0
0
0
2,083,400
Queensland
1,115,226
2,197,612
0
501,509
25,000
0
0
3,839,347
South Australia
390,500
0
165,220
88,220
0
0
0
643,940
Western Australia
250,000
0
95,000
10,000
0
0
0
355,000
Flinders Island, Tasmania
0
0
0
0
0
7,000
14,000
21,000
Total
2,551,626
3,162,237
546,795
636,029
25,000
7,000
14,000
6,942,687
Kangaroos Killed Under Commercial Harvest Quotas
State
Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)
M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)
M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)
M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)
M. parryi
(Whiptail Wallaby)
M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)
Thylogale billardierii
(Tas Pademelon)
Total
New South Wales
538,856
704,010
183,513
14,897
0
0
0
1,441,276
Queensland
528,820
1,106,416
0
217,485
190
0
0
1,852,911
South Australia
211,316
0
49,785
19,305
0
0
0
280,406
Western Australia
221,596
0
97,074
5,453
0
0
0
324,123
Flinders Island, Tasmania
0
0
0
0
0
4,392
2,169
6,561
Total
1,500,588
1,810,426
330,372
257,140
190
4,392
2,169
3,905,277
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