A turning tide: Australian bushmeat bans in Belgium
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"Holding lines (spin) from Australian governments include booming populations, so over abundant that these animals are destroying the land in which they evolved, all of it total nonsense and the media should not swallow it without question.”
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In early 2019, the EUROGROUP for Animals reported that in 2016, Belgium had imported more than 632 tonnes of Kangaroo meat (that meant 180,000 Kangaroos plus 48,000 unaccounted for joeys had been killed) and was the leading importer of Kangaroo meat, ahead of both Germany and PNG.
Concern about the cruel treatment of Kangaroos at both EU Government level and governments, politicians and consumers across Europe saw a chain reaction of major brands stopping the use of Kangaroo body parts in their products. At the beginning of 2020 retailer, Carrefour Belgium, stopped selling Kangaroo meat, thus joining other retailers including Delhaize, Colruyt, Aldi, Lidl, Makro, Match, and Spar in stopping the sale of products containing Kangaroo.
The Flemish government in Belgium has officially notified the European Parliament of its intention to ban the sale of Kangaroo meat and products in the Flanders region, with the measure set to take effect on July 1, 2026. The ban includes the sale of Kangaroo meat and products including skins used for leather goods like sports shoes and motorcycle jackets and its intent is to address significant animal welfare concerns regarding the commercial hunting of Kangaroos in Australia, which the decree describes as the largest slaughter of wild land animals in the world.
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