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Wildlife trade and conservation

Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2005

Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas
State
Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)
M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)
M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)
M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)
Total
New South Wales
445,300
550,820
143,963
35,616
1,175,699
Queensland
472,332
1,081,340
0
338,279
1,891,951
South Australia
237,600
0
97,900
76,400
411,900
Western Australia
250,000
0
180,000
0
430,000
Total
1,405,232
1,632,160
421,863
450,295
3,909,550

Kangaroos killed under commercial harvest quotas in 2005
State
Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)
M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)
M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)
M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)
Total
New South Wales
241,503
419,220
71,049
21,299
753,071
Queensland
477,682
1,068,432
0
290,294
1,836,408
South Australia
128,809
0
28,197
10,629
167,635
Western Australia
197,054
0
158,176
0
355,230
Total
1,045,048
1,487,652
257,422
322,222
3,112,344

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