With Kangaroo numbers reported to be on the rise in the region from Bourke to Coonabarabran, the NSW Government is preparing to undertake extensive surveys with possible culls on the horizon.
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water shows that the number of red kangaroos in the Bourke region doubled from 117,965 in 2020 to 247,951 at last year’s count.
The number of grey kangaroos also lifted from 2020 levels from 41501 to 48158 in 2023 but way down on the 2001 record of 1,220,802…