More kangaroos should be slaughtered and eaten to help save the world from global warming, according to the environmental association 'Greenpeace'. Greenpeace energy campaigner Mark Wakeham urged Australians to substitute some red meat for kangaroo to help reduce land clearing and the release of methane gas (ivu-veg-news@yahoogroups.com, 10 October). It is a pity that Greenpeace omitted to call for vegetarism. Please send a protest to greenpeace@au.greenpeace.org and m.diesendorf@unsw.edu.au, or go to http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun  and click on 'opinion' and choose 'send a letter to the editor'.

Updated 12 October 2007