Save Canberra's Kangaroos

08/11/2025

Revealed under FOI - not even kangaroos who have been fertility treated are safe from ACT Government shooters 💔

Each year after the shooting has finished, we submit an FOI request to the ACT Government to receive copies of the shooters ‘operational reports’ from each night of shooting. It is through these documents that we found out about the shooting of wallabies in Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary and also about the butchering of kangaroos happening in our nature reserves 😣

This year’s reports reveal that on TWO occasions the ACT Government shooters had shot kangaroos with ear tags who had been treated with Gonacon (fertility control). The ACT Government tells us that Gonacon will reduce the need for large “culls” but how can that be when their own shooters are killing these kangaroos anyways?!

The ACT Government also tells us that their shooters are extremely accurate but clearly that’s not the case when they have shot not one, but two kangaroos with ear tags 😡

These poor kangaroos subjected to a science experiment where their fertility was stolen from them and then were shot and killed anyways.



📸 Aisha Bottrill - a tagged kangaroo in Red Hill Nature Reserve

07/11/2025

‼️ New draft “Kangaroo Management Plan” has been released for public comment.

The Conservator of Flora and Fauna has just issued the new draft “Buru - Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Draft Controlled Native Species Management Plan 2025”.

This is on the back of the recommendations made by Professor Sarah Legge, who SCK met with and provided feedback to back in 2023.

SCK intends to make a submission and encourages others to do so. There is a lot to read through!

Submissions on the draft plan can be submitted to this email: [email protected]

Link to the draft plan is here: https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-604/

31/10/2025

Rebecca’s letter in the Canberra Times this morning.

26/10/2025

👏🏼👏🏼 Possumwood

A recent grant is helping one south-east NSW organisation make good on its shake-up of how we care for injured…

26/10/2025

Some mindless fool thought it was OK to shoot and kill a mother kangaroo. One of his bullets also hit her tiny joey. Somehow, this joey was rescued and the bullet removed. From this traumatic start to life, this little joey was cared for around the clock to give her a chance at life.
She had some health issues along the way but her human carers remained devoted to her and ensured she had the best possible care. She had two buddies - other joeys who had also become orphans due to the actions of unthinking people. They remained bonded until the end.
Poppy eventually made it to 'soft release' with her buddies. She was part of a little mob of 10 other joeys. She started to venture out of her bag more, loved to graze and never missed her bottle of milk. She made friends with the other joeys. Sometimes, bigger joeys would try and nudge her off her bottle, but she would cling on, staying focussed on finishing her bottle, as if her life depended on it.
She melted everyone's hearts - such a little joey who just wanted to live her best kangaroo life.
Perhaps it was the initial trauma that sowed the seeds of overwhelming health problems. We don't know. But her health began to decline, despite her best efforts to carry on.
Blood and urine tests confirmed renal failure. Her carers knew the only kind thing was to let her go.
Comforting words were offered..."She's had a lovely little life." And "Many animals die a much harder death." Very true. Poppy was surrounded by kind humans and many tears were shed for her.

Do mindless fools ever contemplate the cruelty they inflict? Probably not.
💔🦘
📼Jane Robinson

25/10/2025

This evening’s kangaroo ‘walk n talk’ at Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve to continue on the World Kangaroo Day celebrations! 🦘

Thanks to Tina for hosting and Diane for all her knowledgeable insights on kangaroos facts and behaviours! We soon hope to host more walk n talks and open up invites to our followers and supporters to join!

Would you like to host your own walk n talk? Head to the website for all information and resources 🙌🏻

24/10/2025

Huge thanks and applause to Katie for this brilliant show! 👏🏼🦘

24/10/2025

Today we celebrate World Kangaroo Day - a day to honour Australia’s most iconic animals and stand up for their protection.

Kangaroos are central to our ecosystems and culture, yet face growing threats from habitat loss, culling, and misunderstanding.

🎶 Canberra will be celebrating with a unique musical tribute tonight at Smith’s Alternative – the World Kangaroo Day 2025 Canberra Cabaret.

🎟️ Tickets at the door or here 👉 https://tinyurl.com/2k2vszr7

💖 All proceeds go to Save Canberra's Kangaroos

(Photo, Ray Drew)

21/10/2025

Did you know wildlife carers in the ACT are not permitted to rescue and rehabilitate injured kangaroos and their joeys? With only a small number of joeys (35) transferred into care over the border in NSW each financial year. All other joeys are euthanised, regardless if they are viable or not 💔

ACT wildlife carers can only hold onto kangaroo joeys for 48 hours before they are moved to carers in NSW.

As of today, not even half way into the financial year, 17 joeys have already been transferred into NSW for care. Leaving only 18 more allowed to be transferred until it resets after 30 June 2026…

Even for adult kangaroos who are injured and in need of euthanasia due to their injuries - wildlife carers cannot assist with this, as they do in other regions. With only one ranger on call outside of business hours, which is the peak time for collisions, injured kangaroos must wait, often hours, for a ranger to attend and euthanise them 😔

So let’s take a look at the ACT Government’s “justification” for not allowing wildlife carers to rescue and rehabilitate eastern grey kangaroos, and let us know what you think:

* There is no conservation justification for hand-rearing and releasing Eastern Grey Kangaroos because they are an abundant species.
* There is a risk of injuries from large male kangaroos that were originally hand reared.
* Hand-reared animals have a much higher death rate than naturally reared animals if released to the wild rather than protected environments.
* They are often more vulnerable to predators such as dogs and foxes as they have not learnt an appropriate recognition and flight response.

Does this make any sense to you? 🤯

We will have more to say about this in a post later this week.

19/10/2025

An article from the Australian Wildlife Protection Council talking about our petition for a virtual fencing trial here in Canberra and about the successes of virtual fencing in other locations across Australia 👏🏼

https://awpc.org.au/saves-lives-trauma-car-insurance-claims/

Share this page Virtual fencing: SAVES LIVES, TRAUMA, CAR INSURANCE CLAIMS The Australian Wildlife Protection Council applauds the success stories emerging from some areas in Victoria, Tasmania, and on the South Coast of NSW involving virtual fencing placed to stem wildlife kills on our roads.Virtua...

10/10/2025

Took a day trip down to Long Beach last weekend and while I was there I thought I would check out their virtual fencing along Cullendulla Drive! 🚗

So awesome to see it in real life and really just see how something so simple has been so effective! 🦘

Hopefully we will see these virtual fencing posts in Canberra sometime soon 🤞🏼

- Aisha