save the roos!

for an animal that truly respresents australia as its icon - featured on the australian coat of arms, on some currency, and used by many australian organizations, such as the airline qantas - i was shocked to hear about this story of roo abuse. i guess ever since i did a shoebox "diorama" on the kangaroo as a 2nd grader, i've been a fan of these furry friends. why would anyone want to hurt them? at least it sounds like the community is combatting the event with a pretty strong response! a lynching - yikes!
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Roo killers spark community outrage
26th March 2007, 7:00 WST

Residents of Preston Beach, near Mandurah, are incensed at the senseless barbarity of hooligans who deliberately mowed down four kangaroos, including a joey, on Saturday night. Peel Supt David Parkinson spent most of yesterday morning with retired police officer John Watson putting down dying kangaroos whose broken bodies were left on the streets of the quiet enclave. He said he had no doubt the kangaroos were deliberately targeted and police were trying to identify a white station wagon used in the attack in the hope of tracking down the offenders. "I had about 15 people come to my house down there...several of the comments were that they would start a vigilante group and that they wanted retribution," Supt Parkinson said. "The community are absolutely livid about it."

Supt Parkinson said he had information that one of the hooligans attacked a kangaroo with a golf club after the animal was struck by a car. "It really is disgraceful," he said. One resident, who did not want to be named, told The West Australian the community was outraged by the crime, saying some of the kangaroos were favourites among residents and were hand-fed and regularly seen lazing around front gardens in the suburb. "They were deliberately run over," one resident said. "It was pretty traumatic...there will be a lynching if the community find out who has done it."
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