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This “committee” is fictitious and is used here to facilitate discussion of the issues presented in this case.
The population estimate for kangaroos within the commercial harvest areas in 2011 was 25,158,026 (Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 2011).
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Irvine, R. Conservation Through Sustainable Use. Bioethical Inquiry 9, 509–510 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9403-x
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