"Few politicians have the guts to applaud kangaroo shooting never mind how necessary it is," Prof Lindenmayer says. "And yet, in the case of the leadbeater's possum and the legless lizard, the state stepped in to protect their grasslands as mobs of kangaroos, fire and logging drove them close to extinction. There are really positive outcomes where we do the right intervention."

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