{"id":2176785,"date":"2024-07-18T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2176785"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T14:55:25","slug":"horrific-discovery-of-up-to-84-dead-kangaroos-with-severe-wounds-after-being-mowed-down-by-a-car-at-gobarup-in-central-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/horrific-discovery-of-up-to-84-dead-kangaroos-with-severe-wounds-after-being-mowed-down-by-a-car-at-gobarup-in-central-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrific discovery of up to 84 dead kangaroos with severe wounds after being mowed down by a car at Gobarup in central Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 84 kangaroos have been found dead with gunshot wounds and traumatic injuries from being mowed down by a vehicle in regional Victoria.<\/p>\n

The conservation regulator is investigating after at least 65 dead juvenile and adult eastern grey kangaroos were found in Gobarup in central Victoria.<\/p>\n

About 19 more kangaroos were found dead suffering from similar injuries near Hotham.<\/p>\n

In Gobarup, authorised officers found kangaroo bodies spread across 190ha of land after they were alerted on June 22 to the mass deaths by a local wildlife shelter which had found dozens of the marsupials dead in private paddocks.<\/p>\n

The carer who came across the animals had to euthanise three live kangaroos due to their severe injuries.<\/p>\n

Two joeys were rescued and are being cared for by the local shelter.<\/p>\n

Officers have spoken with a landowner who is not a person of interest in the alleged crime.<\/p>\n

About 270km west of the scene near Hotham on June 23, about 19 eastern grey kangaroo bodies were also found.<\/p>\n

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Authorities are investigating after up to 84 kangaroos were found dead in regional Victoria in what appears to be a killing spree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regulators were alerted to the deaths by a wildlife carer after a member of the public reported the animals.<\/p>\n

The killings at both sites are suspected to have been carried out between 5pm on June 21 and 12pm on June 23.<\/p>\n

It is illegal to hunt, destroy or injure wildlife in Victoria with penalties of more than $9,000 and six months in prison for each offence.<\/p>\n

Additional animal cruelty breaches can cost offenders more than $98,000 or two years in prison.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the kangaroo deaths is being urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n

This article<\/a> by William Ton was first published by The Daily Mail on 11 July 2024. Lead Image:\u00a0It is illegal to hunt wildlife in Victoria without a permit – with penalties including fines and jail.<\/em><\/p>\n

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