A man has been arrested after he was filmed kill a wounded kangaroo – an unnecessary and brutal routine , not a " mercy killing " as some may claim .
In the outrageous video , which was originally posted on the Taiwanese societal mass medium portal QQ , appears to show a man approaching an Eastern hoar kangaroo – a protected species – in New South Wales wielding a large hunting knife . He primitively walks up to the kangaroo in its ancestry of imagination , and it reacts by sound off at him . He then circles around behind it , steps on its back to pin it down , then cuts its throat 18 times .
In the background , people can be try laugh throughout the intact , sick ordeal .
“ The cleanup of this kangaroo is uncivilised and cruel and we expect the police to prosecute the military personnel involved , ” World Animal Protection Senior Campaign Manager Ben Pearson secernate reporters via a statement , pernews.com.au .
“ It is hard to translate how anyone could commit such a brutal number , let alone take it . ”
The video was brought to the Australian wing of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ) , and they ’ve toldBBC Newsthat they were investigating the causa . It ’s early 24-hour interval , but it ’s being account that the man in the video has since been detained by the potency .
A 43 - year - previous gentleman was arrested on Wednesday Nox in a suburbia of Melbourne after this case was fetch to their aid . Multiple firearms and knives were seize from the property he was turn back in .
The Victorian Department of Environment , Land , Water , and Planning ( DELWP ) has also mark that they are trying to identify the other people in the video recording .
If it is deemed that the act was one of fauna ruthlessness , then the man could be yield one of several penalization . If there was intent to make the kangaroo suffer , then he could be put in prison for five year . If no such aim can be conclusively rise , then he could still be put behind bars for two years and a fine of up to $ 38,000 .
At the clip of composition , the suspect has not been charge , but thanks to that viral video , it ’s unlikely he ’ll get forth with it .
[ H / T : news.com.au ]
