Harvesting Agile Wallabies for human consumption in the Northern Territory of Australia
Harvesting Agile Wallabies for human consumption in the Northern Territory of Australia
Ecological Management & Restoration
- Author(s): Hunt, Warren, Bedoya-Perez, Miguel, Geesink, Geert, Van Den Heuvel, Aaron, Mullen, John, Frost, David
- Published: 2021
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Volume: 22
- ISBN: 1442-7001
Abstract: Summary Agile Wallaby (Notamacropus agilis) has been in the diet of Aboriginal inhabitants of northern Australia for millennia. The species inhabits riparian zones and savannah woodlands, has a high rate of natural increase and can become pests in modified agricultural or plantation systems. Although the profitability of market-based game harvesting appears marginal, local consumption could be incorporated into existing employment programmes on Aboriginal lands as a social enterprise. The legal environment is discussed, and further investigation and a trial as a pilot enterprise are recommended.
- Urls: https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12495
- Keywords: Agile Wallaby, game harvesting, game meat