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Article: NSW: Kangaroos culled on Mt Panorama ahead of Bathurst 1000
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- October 1, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
10-01-2009
NSW: Kangaroos culled on Mt Panorama ahead of Bathurst 1000
SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - The Mt Panorama kangaroo cull ahead of next week's Bathurst V8
Supercar race has angered an animal welfare group.
WIRES says the cull of 140 kangaroos by Bathurst Regional Council in preparation for
the Bathurst 1000 starting on October 8, has decimated the roo population on the mountain.
"Last year, when (a) kangaroo managed to make it across the race track without being
hit by a racing car, the crowd cheered for it," WIRES spokeswoman Helen Bergen said in
a statement on Thursday.
"How would the crowd cheer if they knew 140 resident kangaroos had been shot for their
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