frequently asked questions

Kachana Pastoral Company will provide you with a tax invoice that includes detailed payment information. We encourage you to consult with your accountant to explore any potential tax benefits associated with your purchase.

To date, no official research has been conducted on Kachana, and as a result, Kachana is currently not participating in any official carbon-markets. It is however evident that well-functioning grasslands will outperform forests in the speed with which carbon can be sequestered. Therefore do watch this space!

In the Kimberley male cattle offspring are mostly slaughtered as steers before the age of four. Bullocks seldom make it past five years before they reach the same fate. In rugged Kimberley landscapes an eco-bullock generally reaches his prime between eight to ten years of age. After that he still gets to spend another three to five years with his mates providing ongoing environmental services. 

As long as animals remain happy performing their natural functional roles in the landscape, we encourage them to do just that. After over 35 years on Kachana, we have witnessed the death of many animals. Sad as it often is, death is part of the circle of life.

Nature has a variety of ways to end the life of a large animal, including:

• Predation
• Accidents
• Starvation (This can result from the wearing out of teeth and loss of condition, which often leads to predation, parasites, and disease.)
• Internal culling within a herd (On Kachana, we observe such deaths mainly during the drier times at the end of winter, before the new season brings on a flush of vegetation and new births.)

We tend to let nature do the selecting. However, if an animal is visibly suffering or on the verge of suffering, we expedite the process with a swift, painless end.