Kangaroos

You may have seen this photo this morning taken by a photographer from local Melbourne newspaper the Preston Leader.

Photo by Adam Elwood

The common Grey Kangaroo (let’s call him Joey McCutie to personalise the plight of the species) had just been hit by and was laying seriously injured on the tram tracks in Bundoora. Here are the Leader and Herald-Sun stories.

The police officer’s decision to shoot Joey McCutie twice in the head was apparently a pretty sensible decision in light of its injuries, but it has prompted some pretty odd criticism from the RSPCA.

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  • Kay says:

    03:14pm | 23/02/10

    Has anyone of you considered the death of joey when the roo is shot? One shot, two lives!! If the cop could remove the injured kangaroo to a safer place and waited for a Wildlife ranger, we would have more chance to save one of the lives at least. It’s… Read more »

  • Simba says:

    01:17pm | 01/02/10

    probably a bit late now, but those nimrods complaining about the two shots. you are actually trained to fire twice; it is called a double tap.  Additionally, that Smith and Wesson revolver that the officer is using is useless.  Renowned for total inaccuracy even at point blank range.  Why on… Read more »

 

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