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Richard Seeker 
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Karen Collier October 10, 2007 MORE kangaroos should be slaughtered and eaten to help save the world from global warming, environmental activists say. The controversial call to cut down on beef and serve more of the national symbol on our dinner plates follows a report on curbing greenhouse gas emissions damaging the planet. Greenpeace energy campaigner Mark Wakeham urged Aussies to substitute some red meat for roo to help reduce land clearing and the release of methane gas from flatulent cattle and sheep. "It is one of the lifestyle changes we can make," Mr Wakeham said. "Changing our meat consumption habits is a small way to make an impact." The eat roo recommendation is contained in a report, Paths to a Low-Carbon Future, commissioned by Greenpeace and released today. It also coincides with recent calls from climate change experts for people in rich countries to reduce red meat and switch to chicken and fish because land-clearing and burping and farting cattle and sheep were damaging the environment. They said nearly a quarter of the planet's greenhouse gases came from agriculture, which releases the potent heat-trapping gas methane. Report author Dr Mark Diesendorf said reducing beef consumption by 20 per cent and putting Skippy on the dinner plate instead would cut 15 megatonnes of greenhouses gases from the atmosphere by 2020. ``Kangaroos do not emit greenhouse gases. They are not hooved animals either so they don't damage the soil,'' Dr Diesendorf said. Dr Diesendorf said he was aware of the controversy encouraging people to eat Australia's national emblem would create, but that kangaroo was very healthy and low in fat. ``There's a small sub-set of environmentalist who see the kangaroo as a cuddly animal which should be left alone. They are entitled to their view but more and more people are moving towards eating it.'' Roughly three million kangaroos are killed and harvested for meat each year. They are shot with high-powered guns between the eyes at night. Australians eat about a third of the 30 million kilograms of roo meat produced annually. The delicacy is exported to dozens of countries and is most popular in Germany, France and Belgium. The Greenpeace report has renewed calls for Victoria to lift a ban on harvesting roos for food. Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia spokesman John Kelly said roos invading farmers' crops were already being illegally shot. "They are being culled and left to rot," Mr Kelly said. Kangaroo meat sold in Victoria is imported from interstate. Australia's kangaroo population has halved to 25 million in the past five years as the drought has taken a toll on breeding and the animals' food sources, Mr Kelly said. Under a quota system, 10 to 12 per cent can be killed for the meat and leather industry. Aerial surveys estimate their numbers. Today's report by Dr Diesendorf, from the University of NSW, says greenhouse gas emissions need to be slashed by at least a third by 2020 to avoid a climate change catastrophe. His recommendations include: REDUCING beef consumption and increasing kangaroo meat production. CUTTING gas and coal production. HALTING land clearing and deforestation. SHIFTING to renewable energy such as wind power and bioelectricity from crop residues. "The world is currently on track to experience runaway global warming with average temperatures soon to exceed 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, Dr Diesendorf said. "We face a catastrophe unless there is urgent action to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 per cent by 2020." A major report by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology released this month warned average temperatures will rise 1C by 2030 and could increase as much as 5C in Australia by 2070 unless global greenhouse emissions are cut dramatically. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22562480-662,00.html
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Sily Von Sily d'Wily du Eden MD 
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I love kangaroos. They are so cute.  Here's a short clip of a very lucky kangaroo surviving about ten speeding race cars at Bathurst raceway.
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Astrojewels Super Moderator 
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Silly, I am sure that a Roo gets on that track every year! Seriously I can not see Greenpeace wanting to do this, because they are always protesting the shooters, trying to save them. It is not true that Roos do not breed during drought and not true that the population has been halved, kangaroos may not have hooves but they are certainly full of worms, and most Australians will not eat kangaroos. Personally I do not like the taste, and I agree silly they are cute, we have them in our backyard at night and can tell you they have given me a fright on many occasions, and the joeys are just adorable. The reality is there are plenty of them here with a need to cull because they breed like rabbits. I do not really see how farming Roos will slow the global warming fears.
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Polly Tree Hugger
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I know that Cabela's, a popular sporting goods chain in the U.S., sells Australian kangaroo leather boots and, I think, shoes so there is a market over here for their hides at least. I cannot say I have seen kangeroo meat for sale anywhere though. :-)
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Astrojewels Super Moderator
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Hi Polly, When I was on holidays this year with my girls in Queensland, we went to a souvenir shop, and I was surprised to the amount of things made from kangaroo hide, but the funniest thing there was a ‘coin bag’, many people use coin bags! But this was a kangaroo’s scrotum, the real thing, yewww. Who the heck would want to actually buy that and carry it around?
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Polly Tree Hugger
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That sounds lovely, Karen -- kangeroo scrotum. :-) lol! But, that is my supposedly civilized mindset of the modern age. In days of old things like that would be normal because all parts of an animal were used. What do you think they are doing with the meat of these animals whose hides are being used for leather products? The pet food industry? Cattle feed? Export? Spam? <--- An American joke. Fish food? I cannot imagine they would just dump it. Do we really want to know? :-)
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crystalsun Hyperspace Warrior 
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I have eaten roo steak in a couple of restaurants now, and my favourite was with a sweet and sour sauce. It was actually quite delicious. Sily, the roo at Bathurst, while trying to avoid getting clobbered by thundering great V8 supercars, hopped across the finish line, and what with the attrition rate of cars on this demanding circuit, was classified as finishing 14th. Since they award points down to 20th place, he is now coming 21st in the manufacturers championship and 18th overall in the driver's championship... :-)
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Sily Von Sily d'Wily du Eden MD
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You're a star, Race Track Roo, you beat the odds!
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Astrojewels Super Moderator
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Polly, We have spam here, but don’t know anyone who eats it! I can tell you that professional shooters kill the kangaroos, and you must have a special license, which is quite expensive, they are sub-contracted to properties that are over populated with Roos, the animals are not left to rot because this is the livelihood of these people, the meat is then disrupted for hide, export and dog products.
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Polly Tree Hugger
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Ah, you do have Spam in your country. I was surprised, Karen :-) Spam lives on -- somebody is eating it.
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Sily Von Sily d'Wily du Eden MD
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<< raises hand >> I eat Spam. :big grin: See the pic below? That snack is all over Hawaii and I just luvs it. The Spam Musubi. Heck, I even bought the nori and rice and Spam last weekend to make my own. It is a great snack. Hehe.. am I winning over any converts? :evil: Hawaiian soul food
As Honolulu gourmands gear up for an unusual street festival, there's just one question on their lips: Could anything possibly top last year's Spam Jam musubi—a giant version of the island snack that consists of a brick of rice, a slab of Spam, and a belt of black seaweed—at its record-busting length of 313 feet? The making of the gonzo musubi—which required more than 275 pounds of rice, 1,650 slices of Spam, and 600 feet of the dried seaweed called nori—kicked off last year's second annual Spam Jam, held along Waikiki's Kalakaua Avenue. And, yup, this year the wacky festival once again celebrates Spam, the luncheon meat everyone loves to ridicule. Everyone, that is, but Hawaiians. Fiftieth staters consume nearly 6 million cans a year, or almost six cans for every man, woman, and child. Some call the gelatinous pink pork "Hawaii's soul food." Spam worked its way into the hearts—and arteries—of Hawaiians during World War II. Fresh meat was scarce at the time, so civilians loaded up on the brand-name C ration well known to GIs. Needing no refrigeration, the proletarian pork product soon became one of three items islanders stock up on (along with toilet paper and rice) during threats of hurricanes, tsunamis, or dockworkers' strikes. More recently, McDonald's added Spam to its Hawaiian breakfast menu, while island chefs toy with it. Hawaii's Spam Cookbook lists recipes for Spam omelets, Spam and beans, and Spam with Japanese radish fermented in a syrupy sauce. But it's Spam musubi, introduced in the 1980s, that reigns supreme in delis and 7-Elevens statewide and in Hawaiian eateries on the mainland. Foodies insist the Tamashiro Market in Honolulu serves the absolute best Spam musubi, its sticky rice flecked with furikake, a blend of seaweed, sesame, and other seasonings. It may not be 313 feet long, but, hey, it only costs $1.25. This year's Waikiki Spam Jam, held April 30, features live music, food, crafts, a Mr. or Ms. Spam contest, and hula performances. Information: (808) 923-1094, http://www.waikikiimprovement.com. Photography by Rae Huo Original article: http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/hawaiian_food05.asp
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Polly Tree Hugger
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All right, Sily! You are grounded for a week! lol! Would you rather eat Spam than ground up moths?
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Astrojewels Super Moderator
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Polly, I think spam is everywhere! Silly, Sorry, just couldn’t do it no matter how good it looks.
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Sily Von Sily d'Wily du Eden MD
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 Polly - my answer to the question moths or Spam, can be found here.  If you would rather not see the video, I'll just quote Monty Python's Flying Circus: "Spam... spam ... spam ... spam ... spam ... spam ... spaaaaaaaaaaaam!"
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DreamTime Here I Be 
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Umm...I grew up on Spam because we couldn't afford ham. Spam and scalloped potatoes. Yum!
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Polly Tree Hugger
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We now have two known Spam Fans here. Sily and D.T. Karen, I am still trying to figure out why the Spam-makers are still in business after all of these years.
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Astrojewels Super Moderator
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I agree Polly, my grandmother used to feed it to my brother and I, and I would be gagging over that disgusting jelly. Very funny silly, and maybe that is my grandmother on that clip!. I have always worked with food and know what happens to make it look so good for the customer, and this has made me a little paranoid, but hey each to their own. If you like it, enjoy!
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Polly Tree Hugger
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Yep! We had it on occasion when I was a child and my sisters and I wanted to flee the dinner table! I think Spam has been the butt (no pun intended) of more jokes than any other food.
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Sily Von Sily d'Wily du Eden MD
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You guys have heard of the Ten Commandments right? Well there is a little known Eleventh Commandment: 11. Thou shall not harrass, chide or giggle at people who eat moths and/or Spam. 
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Polly Tree Hugger
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What happens if I break the 11th Commandment?
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Isn't Spam sushi a culinary crime? Not in Waikiki. 