Canberra roo fertility trial costs $612,000, treats 135 kangaroos

By Kirsten Lawson
Updated March 14 2017 - 9:43am, first published January 26 2017 - 11:24pm
Kangaroos in Weston Park, Yarralumla, where the government has been conducting a kangaroo fertility trial. Photo: Jay Cronan
Kangaroos in Weston Park, Yarralumla, where the government has been conducting a kangaroo fertility trial. Photo: Jay Cronan

Two-and-a-half years into the kangaroo fertility trial, the ACT government has spent about $600,000 to deliver a contraceptive to 135 kangaroos, and a placebo to 10 more.