THE guns have fallen silent after the ACT’s latest, month-long kangaroo cull of more than a thousand animals ends and four reserves reopen.

Reopened to the public without restrictions are: Mulanggari Grasslands, Red Hill Nature Reserve, Pinnacle Nature Reserve and Molonglo River Reserve – Kama section.

The kangaroo cull has ended at Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura Nature Reserves, however Mount Majura and sections of Mount Ainslie will remain closed from 8pm to 3am on Tuesdays and Thursdays as part of ongoing rabbit control operations.

In thanking the Canberra community for their “co-operation and understanding during this important management program,” the ACT government says fertility control activities, through the ongoing use of GonaCon Immunocontraceptive Vaccine, will continue as part of its Eastern Grey Kangaroo Management Program.

“The ACT has some of the largest and highest quality remnants of Natural Temperate Grassland and Box-Gum Grassy Woodland in Australia. Both ecological communities are now listed as critically endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act,” the government says in an unattributed media release.

“To protect these ecological communities a total of 1041 kangaroos have been removed by conservation officers.”