http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/kangaroo-skin-export-ban-eats-into-earnings/news-story/ab518edaebd74b421488b184b155849b

SKINS from tens of thousands of Victorian kangaroos are being wasted while processors wait for government permission to export them, threatening the viability of a wildlife management trial farmers say is badly needed.

One meat processor is estimated to have up to 10,000 kangaroo skins in a freezer, while another routinely destroys the skins, potentially worth $3 each, awaiting government approval to export.

Gee, an embryo brought up to be a joey in a mother's pouch, weaned, kicked out, then trained to hop around and be a good member of the family...

$3?

Must be pension day.

I assume their meat is in a pet food can??...

or maybe even being served up in a posh restaurant..

why are these hides not being turned into shoes or even lounge chairs....its still leather isnt it??.. what wrong with this country???....

we even have crocodile and Emu on plates now yet we dont wear the skin???.... we send it abroad....


why can we wear a skin belonging to a cow and not a kangaroo...I would believe there are more kangaroos in this country than cows.... it seems daft to me..a double standard...

Karnal wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 9:25pm:

Gee, an embryo brought up to be a joey in a mother's pouch, weaned, kicked out, then trained to hop around and be a good member of the family... $3?

Do you have lampshades made of roo skin in your house?

Gordon wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 10:17pm:

Karnal wrote on May 18th, 2017 at 9:25pm: Gee, an embryo brought up to be a joey in a mother's pouch, weaned, kicked out, then trained to hop around and be a good member of the family... $3? Do you have lampshades made of roo skin in your house?

Juden, I think. Ikea didn't say.

I had a roo skin on the floor once   but they dont seem to last that long...and colour wise not great...
I now prefer wool.rugs  I mean.

Freediver has a new cause involving kangaroos.

The South Africa cause has been discarded.

Karnal wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 9:25pm:

Gee, an embryo brought up to be a joey in a mother's pouch, weaned, kicked out, then trained to hop around and be a good member of the family... $3?

Only it's skin, the meat ends up in Coles and Woolies for $7 a kilo as sausages and other meat. My son regularly buys it. When he feeds it to his Nip wife I make jokes(I won't tell you, it's politically incorrect).

cods wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 10:14pm:

I assume their meat is in a pet food can??... or maybe even being served up in a posh restaurant.. why are these hides not being turned into shoes or even lounge chairs....its still leather isnt it??.. what wrong with this country???.... we even have crocodile and Emu on plates now yet we dont wear the skin???.... we send it abroad.... why can we wear a skin belonging to a cow and not a kangaroo...I would believe there are more kangaroos in this country than cows.... it seems daft to me..a double standard...

A kangaroo skin looks better on a kangaroo than it would on Cods.

Setanta wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 11:58pm:

Karnal wrote on May 18th, 2017 at 9:25pm: Gee, an embryo brought up to be a joey in a mother's pouch, weaned, kicked out, then trained to hop around and be a good member of the family... $3? Only it's skin, the meat ends up in Coles and Woolies for $7 a kilo as sausages and other meat. My son regularly buys it. When he feeds it to his Nip wife I make jokes(I won't tell you, it's politically incorrect).

They can't say the letter R, you know.

Unforgiven wrote on May 19^th, 2017 at 12:02am:

cods wrote on May 18th, 2017 at 10:14pm: I assume their meat is in a pet food can??... or maybe even being served up in a posh restaurant.. why are these hides not being turned into shoes or even lounge chairs....its still leather isnt it??.. what wrong with this country???.... we even have crocodile and Emu on plates now yet we dont wear the skin???.... we send it abroad.... why can we wear a skin belonging to a cow and not a kangaroo...I would believe there are more kangaroos in this country than cows.... it seems daft to me..a double standard... A kangaroo skin looks better on a kangaroo than it would on Cods.

What about native Australians?
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01727/Ken-Wyatt_1727514c.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pNpWZ8JXEXY/VRx7IfScJrI/AAAAAAAARWs/iicYtN5hVpo/s1600/koories_victoria_bobuck_cloaks.jpg

cods wrote on May 18^th, 2017 at 10:33pm:

I had a roo skin on the floor once   but they dont seem to last that long...

So romantic, dear.

How many jobs does government regulation cost Australians?

Government is supposed to work for the people not the other way around.

The arrogance of your Federal, State and Local Governments is breathtaking. Why do Australians take it?  So servile. Is it the convict heritage? "We must not assert ourselves because we were all once criminals?"

Time Australia elected someone similar to Donald Trump to drain Lake Burly Griffin.

Grow some balls Australia!

Karnal wrote on May 19^th, 2017 at 12:05am:

Setanta wrote on May 18th, 2017 at 11:58pm: Karnal wrote on May 18th, 2017 at 9:25pm: Gee, an embryo brought up to be a joey in a mother's pouch, weaned, kicked out, then trained to hop around and be a good member of the family... $3? Only it's skin, the meat ends up in Coles and Woolies for $7 a kilo as sausages and other meat. My son regularly buys it. When he feeds it to his Nip wife I make jokes(I won't tell you, it's politically incorrect). They can't say the letter R, you know.

Alh! I see.

edit: They can you know. It's just they speak in syllables, roughly two of our letters per kanji char. You'll notice the Maru on all the Nip ships, they do not say malu. It just happens sometimes the only char available contains an l not an r, rough enough. What? You think that is impossibru? It is an incredibly complicated, inefficient and constrained way of writing words.

Richdude wrote on May 19^th, 2017 at 12:07am:

How many jobs does government regulation cost Australians? Government is supposed to work for the people not the other way around. The arrogance of your Federal, State and Local Governments is breathtaking. Why do Australians take it?  So servile. Is it the convict heritage? "We must not assert ourselves because we were all once criminals?" Time Australia elected someone similar to Donald Trump to drain Lake Burly Griffin. Grow some balls Australia!

And this one can't pronounce the letter L.

The leather is great for shoes, much tougher than cow leather. Something to do with roos constantly trying to disembowel each other in mating season. There is ongoing controversy over California's ban on roo skin imports. It means their soccer teams have to put up with inferior boots, and less beer for our roo shooting team.