Kangaroo meat and Global Warming

Proposed to replace the controversial beef and sheep meat with kangaroos get a scientific justification for reducing the effect of global warming. According to Professor Ross Garnaut, the kangaroo a few gas methana. Meanwhile, gas exile of millions of cattle stomach, both during and dispose of nitric gas, is the main formation of greenhouse gases about 67% of the agricultural produce, possess, so warming.

In the history of human life Australia, around 60 thousand years, kangaroos become the main source of meat. In research on the changing cattle and sheep with kangaroos, mentioned that in 2020, the number of cattle can be reduced between 7-35 million.

This will provide a place for kangaroo population to increase from 34 million currently to become 240 million by 2020. The number of the more than enough to menggatikan production of beef and lamb, because every year millions of kangaroos are killed to control their population. Currently, the meat is used as animal feed. Even called kangaroo meat more healthy because it contains less fat, have high protein content and more clean.