Wildlife trade and conservation
Note: Wallaby quotas are applicable for the period 1 July to 30 June of the following year. See relevant 'one year tables - Wallabies' for wallaby quota information.
| State | Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) |
M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) |
M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) |
M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 371,074 |
440,438 |
98,028 |
31,216 |
940,756 |
| Queensland | 658,736 |
1,039,418 |
- |
273,196 |
1,971,350 |
| South Australia | 223,400 |
- |
79,600 |
70,800 |
373,800 |
| Western Australia | 126,585 |
- |
197,780 |
31,000 |
355,365 |
| Total | 1,379,795 |
1,479,856 |
375,408 |
406,212 |
3,641,271 |
Note: A Western Australian quota for euros was set following approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the species. The Wildlife Trade Operation was approved by the Minister on 7 August 2007 and gazetted on 22 August 2007. |
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| State | Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) |
M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) |
M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) |
M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 32,742 |
44,044 |
9,803 |
3,122 |
89,711 |
| South Australia | 3,500 |
- |
3,000 |
1,500 |
8,000 |
| Total | 36,242 |
44,044 |
12,803 |
4,622 |
97,711 |
* The purpose of the special quota is to provide for the commercial utilisation of kangaroos that would have been otherwise been shot under the normal non-commercial licensing system and left in the field. Special quotas are only allocated when there is a need. |
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| State | Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) |
M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) |
M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) |
M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 304,732 |
394,906 |
81,361 |
22,532 |
803,531 |
| Queensland | 582,892 |
949,524 |
- |
233,012 |
1,765,428 |
| South Australia | 117,944 |
- |
42,923 |
9,458 |
170,325 |
| Western Australia | 119,094 |
- |
126,309 |
1,783 |
247,186 |
| Total | 1,124,662 |
1,344,430 |
250,593 |
266,785 |
2,986,470 |