Blue Mountains World Kangaroo Day

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The overall Blue Mountains World Kangaroo Day Event has four aims… 1. it is an educational seminar that aims to inform the public of the Cruelty inflicted on our national icon and to find ways of protecting them. 2. it is also a celebration of the magnificence of these highly evolved sentient beings. 3. it is a chance to show support to unpaid rescuers and carers of kangaroos, some of whom are struggling to survive. 4. it is also an opportunity to consider strategy and to decide where to focus our energy next so we save our precious kangaroos from annihilation. These aims fit very well into the overall theme of WORLD KANGAROO DAY which is COEXISTENCE "The growing consensus among experts worldwide is that our health and the health of our natural world are inextricably connected. Kangaroos have inhabited Australia for over 20 million years and have always been an integral part of our unique Australian ecosystems. Unlike the farm animals introduced during European settlement 200 years ago, Kangaroos have co-evolved with Australian flora and fauna and as native herbivores, they play a crucial role as native herbivores and ecosystem engineers."