Eden Park kangaroo cull

[4] The cull met with opposition from residents, Whittlesea Council and members of the Australian Society for Kangaroos with protests and 24-hour vigils outside the Eden Park property.

[7] In March 2011, protesters launched a round the clock vigil of the Eden Park property and threatened to physically intervene to stop the cull.

[8] Criticism of the Ecoplan report and the kangaroo cull were made by Professor Steve Garlick from The Sustainability Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast, who stated on 13 September 2011: The Australian Society for Kangaroos commissioned consulting ecologist Raymond Mjadwesch from Bathurst to review the Ecoplan report.

Mr Mjadwesch said the plan had been prepared to justify the shooting of kangaroos and "demonstrates no scientific method, no data, no considered analysis, and no evidence ... the reviewer can have no confidence in the results or conclusions", The Environment Minister and Department of Sustainability and Environment have not commented on the review of the Ecoplan report.

NMIT's Faculty of Earth Science associate director Wayne Pappin said in November 2010, "I don't make comments on these matters because DSE are the ones who issue the permit.