3 kangaroos - beaten, mutilated
Batemans Bay, NSW (AU)Incident Date: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Disposition: Open
Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!
Police are investigating the brutal killing and mutilation of three kangaroos in Murramarang National Park on the New South Wales far south coast over the weekend. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is describing it as one of the worst acts of animal cruelty seen in the area.
Murramarang National Park, near Batemans Bay, is a popular tourist spot and many of the kangaroos and wallabies are so tame they are fed by children. But at the weekend it seems the animals' lack of fear of humans proved fatal for three of them. They were found beaten and mutilated within 100 metres of each other near the boat ramp at South Durras.
One was decapitated and another had its eyes poked out, but with a joey still alive in its pouch. The baby is now in the hands of a wildlife carer.
The national parks service is appealing to anyone with information on the attacks to contact police.
NPWS director Alistair Henchman says it is the worst act of cruelty he has ever encountered. Anyone with any information should contact the police immediately. If you have information on this case, please contact:
National Park and Wildlife Service
1300 361 967
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