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| Subject: LOL, OZschwitz animal welfare activists, jump all over the Greens, because of kangaroo cull Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:21 pm | |
| Animal welfare activists are using the federal election to punish the ACT Greens for last month's kangaroo cull.
The Animal Justice Party - which secured the ideal ''A'' spot on the ACT Senate ballot paper - has placed the Greens last on its preference list.
ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury, who is the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, oversaw the shooting deaths of about 1450 kangaroos last month to protect rare grasslands from overgrazing.
The Greens' lead Senate candidate, Simon Sheikh, said on Sunday the Animal Justice Party's ''silly decision'' was disappointing. Advertisement
''Many of the party's supporters have found out about this and told me they are deeply disappointed.''
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/greens-targeted-because-of-kangaroo-cull-20130818-2s5j4.html#ixzz2cMzb8W7T |
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