All products that are manufactured and commercialized using components of kangaroos, such as kangaroo carcasses, meat or skin.

Proposal for a Decree on the prohibition of the commercialisation and manufacture of products derived from kangaroos

The commercial hunting of kangaroos in Australia is the largest slaughter of wild land animals in the world. Every year, between 1.1 million and 1.3 million kangaroos are killed in an animal-unfriendly manner for the purpose of selling various ingredients on the global market. These include kangaroo meat intended for consumption, but also sports shoes and motorbike jackets that incorporate the skin of kangaroos. Strongly criticized and documented are the practices in which economically uninteresting young kangaroos are beaten to death by the hunters. These practices are permitted, and sometimes even encouraged, by the competent regional authorities.

Through Flanders, Belgium is the second largest importer of kangaroo products in the world. For example, Flanders contributes disproportionately to animal suffering in Australia. Decree proposal prohibits the manufacture and commercialisation of kangaroo products in Flanders. For example, the Flemish legislator wants to take its responsibility within its competence Animal Welfare, and put an end to its disproportionately large role in the trade of kangaroo products.