Last year VIVA successfully lobbied Tesco to remove kangaroo meat from it's stores. Sainsburys are now the only national chain still selling kangaroo flesh.
In Australia the largest wildlife massacre on the planet is taking place. Imagine this. A mother kangaroo, grooming her beautiful joey at night in the vast wild outback suddenly has huge lights shone at her to send her into shock. She is petrified. A young man takes aim to shoot her in the head - and blows her chest open. She falls in pain, helpless to save her joeys. Her youngest retreats terrified into her pouch. The man pulls him out, tosses him to the ground and stamps on his head. He writhes in agony and is left to die. Her older joey frantically hops away, but she has no chance of survival without her mother. She dies a slow lonely death from starvation.If you would like to support this campaign and/or the day of action contact Edinburgh Animal Rights (see contacts) and VIVA! 12 Queen Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3FD. Tel (01273) 777688.The shot mother is slashed through her leg and hooked upside down on a truck. It is now legal to kill FOUR MILLION kangaroos every year. The real death toll is nearer TEN MILLION. This is the biggest massacre of any land species ever. And Sainsbury are supporting it!