Hunting A Bushy-Tailed Killer

We shouldn't have laughed, but we did and it was wrong, what with the plight of the victims. But…

At 4.16pm, Scotland Yard put out an appeal for help in finding the killers of three wallabies at an animal park in West London.

Acting Detective Inspector Steve Mayes was suitably grim: "These sorts of incidents are very unusual and we are determined to find the person or people responsible. Our wildlife team is investigating."

Councillor Bassam Mahfouz could barely contain his anger: "I am utterly disgusted that someone has broken into the park for a second time and killed these gentle animals. Three new wallabies were brought in this week to keep 'Rolph' company after his companion died in the previous attack. It's awful to think that within days of arriving in their new enclosure, they have been attacked.

“We are installing CCTV at the site and in the meantime we have introduced additional overnight security patrols. The surviving wallabies are being moved to an alternative location overnight to keep them safe."

In less than an hour a new message from my friends at the Yard's press bureau: "It might have been foxes."

So now they are hunting a red-haired suspect with a long nose and a bushy tail, but isn't that illegal?

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