Mick McIntyre and Kate Clere, directors and producers of the award-winning documentary Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story, join Kathy to discuss their film about Australia's dirty secret, what the film has accomplished, the Australian bushfires, and more, including:

-- the personality and temperament of Australia's iconic animal

-- the mass slaughter of 1.5 million kangaroos annually, and Australia's unwillingness to face this hideous truth -- even after the film's release

-- what happens to baby kangaroos when their mothers are killed

-- the United States as the world's second largest purchaser of "kangaroo body parts"

-- the disinformation campaign against the Australian bushfires

Key Takeaways:

-- No matter how informed we are as animal advocates, there is always so much more to uncover

-- American companies UGG, Adidas, Nike, and Purina are among our largest purchasers of kangaroo body parts

-- While a well-organized, well-funded disinformation campaign attempted to convince us that the recent bushfires were started by "24 arsonists" -- and NOT the result of climate change -- arsonists were responsible for only 1% of the fires

-- Mick and Kate hope that the fires will give Australia's wildlife an urgently-needed platform: they argue that given the economic value of wildlife tourism to their country, it would make good economic sense for their nation "to attend to our animals"

-- Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story is being released May 1 on all social media platforms.

-- Help the kangaroo on the Kangaroos Alive Facebook page