The two main groups are the potoroo species and the kangaroo and wallaby species.

In biology, culling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics. Kangaroos and wallabies belong to the 'super-family' macropodidae (from the Greek word for 'large foot'). First, due to the lower accuracy of darts, a sharp shooter must be much closer with darts than with bullets, which often disturbs the Kangaroo herd.

This is done to exaggerate desirable characteristics, or to remove undesirable characteristics by altering the genetic diversity of the population. Iconic Australian species include the common wallaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and red kangaroo. A … Animals including koalas and kangaroos could be culled in parts of South Australia, where high population numbers are damaging the landscape. Culling kangaroos in Australia has been a controversial topic with some believing the act to be "cruel."

Kangaroo culling by dart-euthanasia can be inhumane Kangaroo culling by darts for sedation and then with poison to euthanize Kangaroos can actually lead to severe distress, pain, and suffering among individual Kangaroos and groups of Kangaroos. Kangaroo Culling — Animal Liberation South Australia Australia's iconic kangaroos are hunted in the largest commercial slaughter of land-based wildlife on the planet.

The New South Wales government insists its cull quota is sustainable Australia is planning to kill more than a million kangaroos this year to protect endangered grasslands and wildlife.

In animal breeding, it is the process of removing or segregating animals from a breeding stock based on specific trait. Almost 90 million kangaroos and wallabies have been lawfully killed for commercial purposes in the last 20 years. Culling kangaroos Kangaroos are a group of large grazing marsupials. There are nine species of macropodidae family in Victoria.