Mothers will be shot. Orphaned joeys will be decapitated. Some will slowly starve…
Hidden far from the eyes of the public, the commercial kangaroo kill occurs in isolated locations, often in the remote Australian outback, which makes effective monitoring nearly impossible. ‘Useless’ orphaned joeys are legally decapitated or swung forcibly against a towbar. Some slowly starve or are picked off by predators without the care of their mum.
Of the millions of native kangaroos who are shot and killed every year, it’s unknown how many more escape wounded, only to endure a long and painful death.