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Is it illegal to eat a kangaroo. Not at all. Kangaroos and wallabies can be shot and eaten and indeed they are. The only exception is raw milk which is illegal to sell in Australia but surprisingly allowed in parts of the UK Europe and New Zealand among other places.

In 2012 animal rights groups Animal Liberation and Voiceless caused a stir when they found salmonella and Escherichia coli or E. Kangaroos wallaroos and wallabies collectively referred to here as kangaroos are protected in New South Wales by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 BC Act. Exported to over 55 countries worldwide kangaroo meat is high in protein and low in fat.

It is illegal to kill let alone eat koala as they are protected by law. However in response to the growing kangaroo population the Australian government permits licence holders to cull or shoot kangaroos. Kangaroo meat is readily sold in supermarkets and butcher shops.

Ordinarily it is illegal to kill buy sell or possess a kangaroo in Australia. The kangaroo industry Code of Practice requires that animals are killed by a single shot to the head but even conservative estimates suggest that more than tens of thousands of the adult kangaroos commercially processed each year are not killed in this manner. Exposing them to an artificial diet may also cause health problems and create unnatural concentrations of animals.

Coli both of which can cause food poisoning on kangaroo meat taken from supermarket shelves. The simple answer here is. But land owners wont generally give permission to people they dont kno.

Interestingly Australia exported kangaroo meat as early as 1959 but it was not legalised for human consumption in most Australian states until 1993. If a kangaroo is alive badly injured then its best to contact the local authorities and let them deal with it. Is eating kangaroo popular in Australia.