Dozens of activists gather in Canberra to mourn kangaroos

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REUTERS , CANBERRA
Saturday, Jul 31, 2004,Page 5

Dressed in black and overcome with grief, animal rights supporters gathered in the Australian capital yesterday to mourn 800 kangaroos slaughtered to protect the city's dwindling water supply.

About 40 activists, some of whom risked their lives to disrupt a cull of kangaroos around the Googong Dam near Canberra, laid flowers and messages at the foot of a peach-coloured floral tribute shaped like a kangaroo in the city center.

The Australian Capital Territory government finished the three-week cull of the marsupials this week, which it said was needed to stop the kangaroos eating surrounding vegetation and causing the dusty, parched soil to erode into the dam and taint the water supply.

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