Commercial Use
The kangaroo is so numerous that there is regulated harvest of its hide and meat. Hunting permits and commercial harvesting are controlled under nationally approved management plans, which aim to maintain red kangaroo populations and manage them as a renewable resource. Harvesting of kangaroos is controversial, particularly due to the animal's popularity.
In the year 2000, 1,173,242 animals were killed. In 2009 the government put a limit of 1,611,216 for the number of red kangaroos available for commercial use. The kangaroo industry is worth about A$270 million each year, and employs over 4000 people. The kangaroos provide meat for both humans and pet food. Kangaroo meat is very lean with only about 2% fat. Their skins are used for leather.
Read more about this topic: Red Kangaroo, Relationship With Humans
Other articles related to "commercial use":
... In 2005, Frederic Sanchez used "Brazilian Sun", "Not for Sale" and "Good Friday" as part of the soundtrack he created for Miuccia Prada's spring 2006 show ... The piece was called "Coco Rosie Through the Looking Glass" ...
... Standard Sentinel waggons were still in commercial use internally at Brown Bayley Steels during the 1960s ...
... First commercial use of SFD was in a joint venture between directors of Owl Industries and a VSE listed company Grand America Minerals (GDM) between 1993 and 1994 ...
Famous quotes containing the word commercial:
“It is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”
—Katharine Whitehorn (b. 1926)