Newcastle animal rights campaigners call for end to kangaroo killing and culling until population study can be completed

Simon McCarthy
Updated October 25 2020 - 10:21am, first published October 24 2020 - 8:00pm
Newcastle animal rights campaigners protest Kangaroo "slaughter" on first World Kangaroo Day
Newcastle animal rights campaigners protest Kangaroo "slaughter" on first World Kangaroo Day

A group of animal rights campaigners staged a small protest at Marketown in Newcastle on Saturday, calling for an end to the "ongoing slaughter" of the state's kangaroo population until a study can be made to determine the health and sustainability of the native species.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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