Kangaroos, which feature on the national coat of arms, have been killed to protect grazing land and even racetracks. But an embryonic movement to live more harmoniously with native and some non-native animals is slowly taking hold in scientific and government circles, and in some parts of the country, scientists, farmers and local authorities are working together to find kinder and more effective ways to live with wildlife.
He says the theory of compassionate conservation has moral, scientific and economic credibility. A prime example of the failure of programmes that try to control animals by culling can be found in Western Australia.
Last summer, following a spate of fatal attacks by great white sharks, the state government instituted a week trial where baited drum lines were set off Perth beaches. In New South Wales, Mr Ramp is working with Bathurst Regional Council, after its cull of kangaroos near the Mount Panorama motorcar racing circuit provoked an international outcry.
In Victoria, tourism and local governments have protected a population of penguins by introducing a pair of Maremma guardian dogs, a breed whose natural territorial behaviour deters local foxes that had previously devastated the colony.
Since the dogs arrived in , penguin numbers have climbed from 10 to nearly - and it has been done without wiping out foxes. Bathurst sheep farmer Ian Whalan lost many lambs to foxes before he invented a sequential light system that deters the animals at night. But once you meet these curious bovines, it will be their gentle nature that you will long remember. At the other end of the scale we have one of the smallest breeds of cattle in the Dexter.
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