National icon, sports symbol and tourist draw — yet these unique Australians, the family of kangaroos, are hunted every night and slaughtered, as ‘pest’ or […]
HELP SAVE OUR WILDLIFE
Encourage respect, sharing the land and kindness for all our indigenous animals
What you can do: Don’t eat kangaroo meat, don’t feed pets or other animals kangaroo meat; Check whether ‘k’ leather covers your favoured soccer, sports […]
WE CAN CHANGE THIS TRADITION
How did we come to this?
AMONG THE HIDDEN histories of total land takeover and dispossession that followed colonial settlement of Australia, is the story of what really happened to Australia’s […]
OTHER STORIES
Caring for wildlife homes in the city
Sydney wildlife carer Katrina and neighbours have been battling a big Australian land developer who proposes major removal of remnant native habitat important to a […]
Books; Community response; AWPC archive
ABC Interview with Arthur Queripel — 1970
RETIRED MILDURA BUSINESSMAN Arthur Queripel founded the Australian Wildlife Protection Council with his retirement savings in 1970. Mr Queripel’s aim was to protect kangaroos […]
