Hunting for answers on Canberra's new gun enthusiasm

By Letters to the Editor
November 15 2020 - 12:00am
Wild kangaroos should be considered a suspect source of meat at best. Picture: Shutterstock
Wild kangaroos should be considered a suspect source of meat at best. Picture: Shutterstock

In a closely settled area, with a landscape largely occupied by national park and farming land, devoid of game and an absence of big prey it is enigmatic to learn that people might want to engage in "hunting" ("Hunting attracts record numbers to rifle range", November 8, p11). It is even more confusing to learn people are "wanting to hunt to provide food for their family". Both kangaroo and deer would be suspect as meat sources, were they feral.

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