Such re-designation of land need not result in bottom line losses of productivity, but rather alter the ways people generate income. In a remarkable and refreshing turn-around from the values of a mere decade, Dr Archer's article includes a recipe for roast kangaroo and a nutritional analysis of kangaroo meat, which is healthier and to many tastier than the alternatives. Harvesting kangaroos for food offers greater ecological benefits than growing domestic stock. He also says there is no such thing as 'mad kangaroo disease'. This disease forms part of Dr Archer's biological catastrophe, since it results directly from intensive farming practices to which kangaroos are not subjected.
Kangaroo meat is a safer, more natural, less modified product.
Much of our country is being irreversibly degraded. Genetic opportunities are being thrown away. Animals can't just bounce back from extinction. Although recently, hope was expressed for recovering the thylacine from several alcohol-preserved specimens using genetic engineering technology, this isn't going to happen for a long time, if ever. What many consider even worse is the unwritten list of extinct species, certainly including various plants and invertebrate animals that have never been described.