This has as much chance of happening as building wind farms near 'Kennedy Land'!

I wore Kang skin track shoes when I was in highschool, California bans kang skin products:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/07/23/adidas.kangaroo.reut/index.html

If you can't wear the leather, I'm sure they won't let you eat them.

But Barbecued-'Roo sounds good!!!

Here we go, the begining of taking away our choice of what we want to eat in the name of the saving the earth from this phony wealth re-distrubtion plan ie. "The latest crisis", being pushed on us by people like Al gore.

I had a kangaroo burger once - it might have been a little overcooked, but it was pretty tough.

-Kimbal.

Oh, Micky Ds already beat you to the punch.

It seems that in the late 80s/early 90's McDonalds was cited for selling Roos as beef in the US!

An even better solution is to cut back on your meat consumption.

Tastes just like chicken.

Eating native species, if sustainable, has other benefits, as well, that go beyond GHG's. For example, cow's single hooves have a detrimental effect on western soil, causing compaction and damaging native grasses in the process. By contrast, buffalo, the native species, have cloven hooves that pierce and aerate the soil, helping to sustain other components of the native ecosystem. I have eaten buffalo, and its' good; less fat and more protein, too. Western ranchers should consider ranching more buffalo, and I would be interested to know whether kangaroo production would have similar effects on the Australian ecosystem.

yes, very smart!!! now we can make kangaroos instinct!!! I applaud your ingeniousness!!!

Gee-liggety Brett. Why would you eat such cute looking animals? Just kidding. I've never had roo meat, but have tried others like buffalo, elk, and antelope. Nothing compares to the tastiness of beef. If it's comparable to venison, then I doubt many people would switch from beef. Although I have eaten venison, I still very much prefer beef. Just my personal observations.

About the methane, I would worry more about the release of methane from melting permafrost, coal mines, swamps or that sequestered in lakes or in the ocean. Cows have been around a long time. I doubt that cow methane would have that big of an effect on the atmosphere.

I agree with something that Patrick Henry said in the past about beef in feedlots. If they are fed a more natural diet of grasses and legumes, like they've eaten for thousands of years, instead of corn and grains used to fatten them up quickly, then methane emissions from cows wouldn't be a problem.

Couldn't the cows emitting methane process be considered a neutral process anyway? I mean, the grass removes CO2 from the atmosphere, the cow eats it, emits a little methane, which doesn't stay in the atmosphere as long as CO2. So, the net affect on global warming would be negligible at best. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Regards

welllllllll.....it makes excellent canned dog food....

Whats with this methane crap anyway? No pun intended...I guess for one who was raised in the traditional south and has had coon, bear, possum and sweet potatoes, whistle pig, razorback, rattlesnake, and snapping turtle, I probably could survive on kangaroo to satisfy the Hysterics.

I bet it taste like chicken?

Kangaroo meat is very tasty and not unlike venison in taste (wild not farmed). It has very little fat, high in iron and protein. It is much higher value pound for pound than beef or lamb. Here in Australia it is sold in many shops including our largest supermarket chains and at a lower price than equivalenty cuts in beef. Kangaroo steaks are best marinated and barbequed/grilled rare. I eat kangaroo at least once a week.

There are many tens of millions of wild kangaroos here in Australia and there are professional cullers to help keep roo numbers manageable. They do not destroy the native flora as sheep and cattle grazing does. They tend to jump fences so do not 'farm' easily.

I believe that kangaroo farming and serious marketing of Roo meat outside Australia should go ahead asap.

Reply: Thanks for the informative update Ian. We appreciate it!

Kangaroo, the other red meat. Or is it green meat?

Most people would consider kangaroo meat barely edible. The meat is gamey, difficult to cook and requires a lot of spice to overcome its bland flavour.

Send in the polar bears.

It is 50F at 5:00 pm. I thought this was summer? Probably the coldest early August weather I can remember.

Ya know, I have to ask. With all of this insanity with Cow Belches and F-rts, and now Kangaroo Belches and F-rts, What about the Polar Bears and their Belches and F-rts??? I mean, c'mon, just because they are on the "threatened" lists doesn't mean their's doesn't stink, does it???.....LOL!!!!!!

De 'ja Moo. The Feeling I've Heard This Bull Before.

CALLING ALL SKEPTICS: Help!!

I am unusual AGWer, I am a independent minded person who hapenns to have studied a lot about global warming. Seriously,if you know something I don't, please point me in the right direction. I would appreciate this very much. I will study anything in an effort to learn Science, and if it sounds real I am willing,and would be relieved to know that Global Warming is not in my sons future.
Unlike your typical greenie, or lefty, science trumps political correctness. Also the media gets no respect from me. All the news that's fit to belch!
KIPP

Kangaroo meat...Huh, I swear I saw a pair of kangaroo's eating leaves off a tree amonst a herd of deer near Platzburg NY a few years ago on my way south from Cornwall , Ontario. Perhaps I was tired from the driving ... No one in the car believed me while I was hollering "Geeeeze, we just past kangaroos! It turns out that some kangaroos in fact got loose and were very difficult to catch, whether they survived the winter, I dunno. I never ate one, BUT, when I was 13 I had occasion to eat Penguin. The poor birds were flown from the antarctic in the cargo hold and the conditions killed them by accident, the taxidermist I worked for got the job to stuff them for display at the Bronx Zoo, I think. Anyhoo, Penguin tasted like fishy chicken to me :)
Methane is a good fuel, perhaps we can attatch balloons to cow buts and harvest the off gassings?

"Here we go, the begining of taking away our choice of what we want to eat in the name of the saving the earth from this phony wealth re-distrubtion plan ie. "The latest crisis", being pushed on us by people like Al gore."

Haha...if I had a dollar for every time someone utters "wealth redistribution" or "anti-capitalist," I'd be as rich as Vladimir Putin.

Because, you know, monopolistic corporations restricting our choice in the market -- nah, that's not restricting our freedoms. Government telling us who we're allowed to sue and setting limits to how much we can sue for? Nah, that's not restricting freedoms. Why, listening to our phone convos and legislating pseudo-morality is emblematic of freedom!

Let freedom reign supreme!

BTW, Anonymous, the article talks about Australians eating kangaroo. It doesn't matter whether it's banned in California. Try reading the article before throwing up a knee-jerk response.

GSN,

Where do you find cows with single hooves like horses?

Man, the information being thrown around, just gets more ridiculous every day.

Here's a great investment opportunity if the "roo" idea gets off the ground.

When beef becomes scarce in Australia, start a few restaurants in Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin and serve up good old imported Alberta beef prime rib, at an inflated price and you'll make millions from the dinner crowd looking for a real tasty night away from the usual "roo burger".

I'd be willing to bet that the roo farmers have already thought of this to cover both ends of the market.

Tastes more like whooping crane.

Never ate Kangaroo (at least that I am aware of) but I would guess that the meat would be somewhat tough as they are a very muscular animal. Have eaten buffalo, elk, venison, and even bear but still prefer beef.

If I eat kangaroo will that cut down on my flatulence? I hope not, because what fun will that be when my grandson pulls my finger and nothing happens!

It's actually pretty good if it is prepared correctly. Tastes very similar to beef.

As Kimball noted, if it is overcooked it gets very tough.

Momo,

If humans like to eat an animal, it will never likely go extinct because we are very good at raising animals for slaughter.

I can't imagine the pig going the way of the Dodo, turkey bacon stinks.

Steve

PH,

Why should we cut down on our meat consumption when our bodies are designed for eating both meat and vegetables? In fact, our bodies have a hard time digesting plants. That's why it's called "roughage".

If we were meant to eat vege's only, we would have multi-chambered stomachs and our teeth would be entirely different. Why do you think we have canines (teeth, that is)?

Bob Tisdale: I have been in and out. I read the response to your notes and your assertion that events were not caused by AGW. Your right. I'm wrong. I apologize. If you have any insights as to where I may look for some basic Science about anything please let me know. I have questions about AGW myself. Best Regards;KIPP

kangaroo meat is great...the only problem after eating a roo-burger was i had an irresitable urge to hop around calling AGW'rs, fearmongering blokes...peace bros!

John D.

Sure , if you believe peer reviewed scientific studies. But we all know how unreliable and fanatical those can be.

I did misspeak, however. You're correct, but I stand by my statement that cow hooves do more damage to native flora than do those of buffalo.

Kipp: Are you Certain that your wife is not a skeptic and is not posting using your alias? Your posts carry little continuity as to whether you are a Hysteric or a Skeptic. One day you are a certified Hysteric, the next you are explaining yourself. C'mon, which is it? You seem to be jumping from one side of the fence to the other and end up sitting on the fence when you don't quite make it over to the other side. Duh?

This is truly MADNESS. Transferring digestive bacteria from kangaroos to cattle and sheep. Have none of these researchers ever heard of unintended consequences? For example: What will be the effect on the agricultural infrastructure when cows and sheep can no longer be contained in pastures and pens with meter and a half fences and what of the farmer who may suddenly be confronted with a boxing cow?

Was this too far off topic Brett?
Maybe, but it was related to two previous blogs that I had done.

Sorry. I'll never do it again. Promise.