Comments on: Eat kangaroo, save the planet

By: kyon

kyon — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:35:07 +0000

i ate crocodile meat before, ostrich meat too, but not yet kangaroo meat :p

By: yellowpaint94...yp

yellowpaint94...yp — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:31:08 +0000

all living things when killed is brutal…i can never imagine eating a kangaroo…

By: Emilie

Emilie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:46:55 +0000

i would never eat a rabbit. my dad made a once but i didn’t touched it. i’ve seen how their killed in a video…it’s was so sad and brutal.

By: Yein Jee

Yein Jee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:42:40 +0000

Rabbits produce methane just like the cows and sheep.

Tasted rabbit once… quite yummy, but doesn’t really want to make it a frequent option yet. It’s sort of a mental block.

By: luke

luke — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:59:25 +0000

i live in australia and i’ve had kangaroo meat, it tastes a bit like beef and its rather good to be honest. what about the farming of rabbits? rabbit meat is one of the best in my opinion.

By: Yein Jee

Yein Jee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:41:00 +0000

bb… you sound ironic :p

Dave… I think there are issues with over-fishing as well. It could help if seafood farming is being encouraged… I prefer seafood over steak anytime, but a good fillet often cost more than a good steak here.

By: betty

betty — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:23:12 +0000

next life he ‘ll come as a kangaroo!vegetarismis the only way to save this planet!!!!!create gd karma n be compassionate. there is too much killing, animals is like u n me only different in shape n sizes.Reflex !why is there so much disaster.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:31:38 +0000

Eating kangaroo may have a long road to acceptance. I’d rather see people eating greater amounts of seafood. Bovine methane levels would decrease. Nations relying on seafood-heavy diets would be more prone to taking care of our oceans.

By: bb

bb — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:16:10 +0000

awww…but kangaroos are so cute, lol.
(reminds me of the dog-eating issue in korea/china).
i guess i’d still be interested in trying it if i could, but i wouldn’t make it a regular dish, even if i was an aussie.
kangaroos are special, lol.
(i sound biased, don’t i? =DD)

By: Yein Jee

Yein Jee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:36:47 +0000

Thanks for the note Isobel. I’ve taken out the particular link and statement to avoid further confusion.

By: Isobel

Isobel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:54:48 +0000

Hi there Yein Jee,
Just wanted to let you know that Greenpeace isn’t encouraging people to eat kangaroo meat.
The report mentioned in that article you link to was partly funded by us, but authored independently by Dr Diesendorf. His report focused mainly on renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transport, but also mentioned reducing beef consumption and possibly switching to kangaroo.
The suggestion re kangaroo was picked up by some media and it was reported that “Greenpeace is urging kangaroo consumption to fight global warming”. It’s not the case, though. Not all of the measures in the report are Greenpeace policy and Greenpeace does not advocate eating kangaroo meat. We champion the renewable energy solutions to catastrophic climate change:
http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/issues/climate-change
All the best,
Isobel @ Greenpeace