6 August 2007: Roos Reprieved

The Australian city of Canberra has been invaded by kangaroos, seeking water following a 10-year drought. On two drought-ravaged military bases they are causing serious erosion due to over-grazing, and endangering a species of local lizard and the threatened gold sun moth, so the Australian military came up with a typical military solution - shoot them.

However, following a public outcry, the roos are now to be reprieved. They are to be rounded up, tranquilised, and shipped to a village an hour away, using air-conditioned containers, at a cost of over three-thousand Australian dollars per kangaroo.

The cost of moving each animal is more than a standard economy class return air ticket from Sydney to London.

SaintFM thinks it would have been cheaper to just tell the creatures to hop it.