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It moved … it was hopping!' One man's search for a wild wallaby in the UK

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I used to work on a country estate and the next door estate had a herd (is that the right term?) of them.
As to why are they here... The same reason many foreign animals and plants ended up here - bragging rights!
Something to show off when your mates come round...
 
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I’ve saw a few of them wild in Stokenchurch about 15 years ago. Was very unexpected. Hope they’re still doing well.

Does anyone know if they’re harmful to the environment? Obviously they’re not native. But are they very destructive?
 
I believe that wallabies occupy a similar niche to rabbits in the UK environment. I haven’t heard any complaints (scientific or agricultural) about wallaby activity thus far.

The Peak District herd is extinct after some hard and prolonged wet winters a few years back. I don’t know whether it saw off all the white hare as well but I’ve not seen them since, either

Wild but are they game? What do they taste like?
 
I would view them as wild animals, same as mountjac. I've eaten kangaroo in australia - nice, very similar to rabbit, low fat, high protein. Wonder if we are allowed to hunt them, quite fancy eating some.
S'funny, the average Aussie regards it negatively as being for dog food, etc, only Abbo's eat knaga, etc etc.
 
Falstaff said:
I would view them as wild animals, same as mountjac. I've eaten kangaroo in australia - nice, very similar to rabbit, low fat, high protein. Wonder if we are allowed to hunt them, quite fancy eating some.
S'funny, the average Aussie regards it negatively as being for dog food, etc, only Abbo's eat knaga, etc etc.
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I doubt they are legally protected so you could probably shoot one with a rifle with a lawful quarry condition, or a shotgun with suitable ammo.

I would also assume like most game they are legally yours if on your land.
 
Its interesting to note the Manx ones are on a RAMSAR site...but nothing is done about them.

They cull the feral goats on the island.
 
in 2010 i worked for a few months on a farm in the Top End (of the NT), which had permission to shoot them (agile wallabies to be exactly) sue to their incredible high number -- ssoo i found myself in the position of being temporarily a semi-professional hunter and decimating their numbers with a .22 bolt action... .b****y good tucker, mate!

a friend on THE Kangaroo Island used to feed a few carrots and oats to the local wallaby and kangaroo population, so in the evening they came to the kitchen door to take snacks from our hands (Gilbert the goanna came in the mornings for chicken bones, but in his case sturdy leather gloves were a must!)
 
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Buckshot said:
I used to work on a country estate and the next door estate had a herd (is that the right term?) of them.
As to why are they here... The same reason many foreign animals and plants ended up here - bragging rights!
Something to show off when your mates come round...
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The correct name is a mob or a troupe or a court. Mob is the most widely used. DD x
 
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