Peri-urban kangaroos. Wanted? Dead or alive?

Guy Ballard

School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management, University of New England, Armidale, NSW

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https://doi.org/10.7882/FS.2008.009

Published:

2008

Although questionnaire responses and direct feedback from residents showed that a substantial proportion of residents from a Port Macquarie retirement community found local peri-urban kangaroos to be ‘too close for comfort’, most participants indicated a preference for kangaroos remaining in their local area and for management to be undertaken using non-lethal means. Essentially, peri-urban kangaroos were wanted; preferably alive. High participation rates (91%) by local residents demonstrate there is potential for actively involving communities in the management of human-kangaroo conflicts in peri-urban areas.

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Too close for comfort: Contentious issues in human-wildlife encounters

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Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7882/9780980327229

ISBN electronic:

978-0-9803272-2-9

Publication date:

2008