My stance on Aussie animals

Now I know I won't win any fans with my opinions on the following, but hear me out.

I live in rural SA, a fair way from our state's metropolis (ok, only 250km - I'm not out on a station off the Stuart Highway or anything...). Our primary industries are sheep, cows, barley, oats, lentils, peas. I haven't personally witnessed mulesing (because I'm a sook and can't stand the bleating of the lambs) but I do support it.

Now before you package up that hate mail, have you ever seen a fly struck sheep? Its a million times more inhumane than mulesing is. Our little pocket of the world isn't exactly up with the latest technology and methods - our farmers (bless their cotton socks) do what's been done and handed down through the generations. Well, partially. I don't think our original settlers had GPS units in their tractors - but then again, only our more prosperous farming empires do. We know there are new techniques being developed for a more animal friendly way of preventing fly strike. But for now, all they have is mulesing. Which is better than fly strike in my book any day.

Ok, topic number 2.

Kangaroos. Every so often, numbers of kangaroos soar and they approach on being defined as a pest (like our disastrous imports, the fox, and the rabbit - I know kangaroos are native, but in their massive numbers, they can be put in the pest box). So, what happens to the roos? They get culled. And every time there is a big outcry about animal cruelty but what would happen if the culling didn't happen? We'd be over run with our pesty kangaroos and crying out for a solution to stop their destruction. Its not like culling transforms them into an endangered species.

Alright, now send your hate mail. But respect my right to an opinion, and I'll respect yours.