Wildlife trade and conservation
| State | Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) |
M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) |
M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) |
M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales |
400,970
|
751,575
|
200,255
|
35,611
|
1,388,411
|
| Queensland |
663,599
|
1,291,142
|
0 |
334,440
|
2,289,181
|
| South Australia |
198,800
|
0 |
102,200
|
60,300
|
361,300
|
| Western Australia |
262,000
|
0 |
121,000*
|
0 |
383,000
|
| Total |
1,525,369
|
2,042,717
|
423,455
|
430,351
|
4,421,892
|
* On 26 November 2004 the Minister approved an increase from 100,000 to 121,000 for the Western Grey Kangaroo quota in WA. The original quota was based on a conservative population estimate which did not include the southwest corner of WA.
| State | Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) |
M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) |
M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) |
M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales |
244,379
|
525,498
|
92,044
|
15,304
|
877,225
|
| Queensland |
381,597
|
940,827
|
0 |
276,712
|
1,599,136
|
| South Australia |
129,951
|
0 |
36,144
|
12,031
|
178,126
|
| Western Australia |
232,276
|
0 |
105,308
|
0 |
337,584
|
| Total |
988,203
|
1,466,325
|
233,496
|
304,047
|
2,992,071
|