Marsupial’s body found on Hopkins
Point Road at Warrnambool in Victoria’s south-west on Monday
Australian Associated Press
Friday 10 November 2017 03.40 GMTLast
modified on Friday 10 November 2017 03.54 GMT
A koala has been found dead with
its ears cut off in Victoria’s south-west as police investigate a spate of
animal mutilations in the area.
The koala’s body was found about
two kilometres east of Hopkins bridge on Hopkins Point Road at Warrnambool on
Monday by an SES worker.
Police believe the koala’s
mutilation was recent, but it is unclear if the marsupial was dead at the time.
It follows a spate of kangaroo
and wallaby mutilations in the area, but police said it is the first incident
involving a koala.
Sergeant Pat Day has described
the koala’s mutilation as “disgusting”. “[It] can only be described as a very
troublesome and disgusting incident,” he told
the Ballarat Courier. “There’s no reason for anybody to wish to treat an
animal in this way, whether alive or dead.”
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