"Animal activists today held a macabre protest at the Japanese consulate, likening Australia’s commercial cull of kangaroos to the Japanese whale harvest. The protesters, some of which were dressed as Kangaroos and were mock-executed by men brandishing firearms, stated: “Japan slaughters whales – Australia slaughters Kangaroos – What’s the bloody difference?” Animal Liberation staged the protest in opposition to the Revised Code of Conduct for the Human Killing of Kangaroos. The revised code states that orphaned joeys must be shot. Angie Stevenson, project manager for the group, said commercial kangaroo culls are responsible for the “largest wildlife massacre in the world,” and the change to include killing ‘young-at-foot’ joeys will wipe the next generation of the native animal off the planet. “Of the total commercial kangaroo kill, 25 per cent are females with young-at-foot joeys,” she said. “The next generation of kangaroos are about to be wiped off the face of the earth due to this new code.” The group has called for a blanket ban on the killing of female kangaroos."

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