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Kangaroo heads found on beach
31/07/2007 11:03 - (SA)
Sydney - Australia's leading animal welfare group launched an investigation on Tuesday after five severed kangaroo heads were found on a beach in Queensland state.
A woman walking with her two young daughters made the grisly discovery at Decelption Bay, north of Brisbane, on Sunday, the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) said.
RSCPA spokesperson Michael Beatty said it appeared the heads had been used as fish bait in an extreme act of cruelty.
"We've seen kangaroos that have been shot with arrows and had all sorts of other unpleasant things happen to them but we've never actually come across five like this," Beatty said.
"We'd just like some information to find who did this."
Deception Bay resident Angie Rando said she was shocked when she came across the heads.
"My first thought was 'Oh my God, how could someone do this, especially to our wildlife?'," Rando told Australian Associated Press.
"It was terrible to think someone could do this sort of thing."
It is the third case in two months of cruelty towards kangaroos, which are Australia's national symbol.
A man was charged in June with killing more than 20 kangaroos on a shooting spree near Canberra, while earlier in the month three kangaroos were found mutilated at South Durras, in New South Wales state.
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