An animal rights group from Bromley staged a protest in the High Street against selling and eating kangaroo meat

Jan Yarker, 68, is the founding member of Passive Pressure Animal Welfare Group who organised the protest on Saturday (April 4).

The group took the streets outside Primark, along Bromley High Street, as part of a National Day of Action organised by animal charity Viva!.

Ms Yarker explained they were calling on Iceland to stop selling kangaroo meat which they claim is cruel and has questionable methods.

The group dressed up in kangaroo masks and had fluorescent coffins, marking the 'funeral' for Australian wildlife.

Ms Yarker, from near the High Street in West Wickham, said: "Iceland are selling kangaroo meat as a novelty, but it is a deeply unethical move.

"Commercialising a wild animal that is already under sustained threat of drought and urban sprawl could put unsustainable pressure on them.

"If they want to make claim of being a responsible retailer they must dump kangaroo meat immediately."

L-R Melanie Burns, Sara Charania and Lin Charania.

"How can Iceland justify a trade in dead wildlife where the collateral damage is up to a million baby animals a year?"

She also raised concerns over the impact eating kangaroo meat, when compared to other red meat, had on humans.

According to Iceland’s website, a pack of two kangaroo burgers costs £1.50.

But Nick Canning, joint managing director at Iceland, said: "Iceland stocks products in response to consumer demand and we intend to continue selling this delicious lean meat, which our customers can buy with total confidence that it has been sourced sustainably, responsibly, ethically and humanely.

MORE TOP STORIES "Unfortunately Viva! are operating under a total misconception in campaigning against the shooting of female kangaroos, when only male kangaroos are selected.

"This policy has been adopted precisely because animal welfare considerations are paramount in the strict rules about commercial harvesting of kangaroos."