Hopping With The Tasmanian Forester Kangaroo!

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The Tasmanian Forester Kangaroo is an endangered subspcies of the gray kangaroo. This kangaroo lives only in, surprise, Tasmania. There's not too many of these kangaroos left. They've lost their habitat due to the clearing of land for the purpose of agriculture. They have to compete for food with introduced livestock, cattle and even rabbits. These kangaroos also get hunted for their meat. Climate changes have not benefited them either. Then there's road deaths, poisonous baiting and disease. Things are not look well for the tasmanina forester kangaroo.

Luckily the Australian government has recognized that this species is endangered and has declared them protected by the law. Also, most of the Tasmanian Forester Kangaroo's habitat is now on private property. Hopefully soon we will see an increase in their population and maybe someday they will be able to be taken off the endangered species list.

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