Kangaroo Management Program News Today

"Economic rationalism... drove the Commonwealth's Canberra policy away from grandiose construction ethic of creating a monument to Australia's national identity," says letter writer JOHN D PURCELL, of Kambah.

Seven nature reserves will be closed from June 9 until July 23 as the ACT government begins the annual kangaroo cull with 1336 animals in the cross-hairs this year.

Canberra liberals have pledged to conduct a review of the annual kangaroo culls if they are elected in next year's election despite a review already being conducted into the management program.

The ACT government has been accused of secretly butchering hundreds of kangaroos in Canberra nature reserves during its annual cull in July.

The ACT government will resume its annual kangaroo-culling program with 1042 animals to be shot over June and July.