Fears beheaded and brutally bashed wallabies are work of serial offender
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. A serial animal killer appears to be operating in Sydney’s southwest after two wallabies were found beheaded in recent days.
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A serial animal killer appears to be lurking in the Macarthur region with two beheaded wallabies found dumped in bushland in the past 10 days.
In two separate incidents, adult male swamp wallabies were discovered headless and brutally bashed near the semirural suburb of Appin.
It is the seventh reported incident of animal cruelty in the area in the past 18 months, with two female eastern grey kangaroos found mutilated and disfigured on the side of the road in July.
Sydney Wildlife Metropolitan Service macropod co-ordinator Jamie Illistom, who has been managing the horrific discoveries, said the local community has been mortified by the incidents.
“Most people are quite scared it’s a budding serial killer,” he said. “There is a lot of anger out there at the moment.
“It’s just horrible. I just don’t get why, just why?”
Police have been notified of the grisly discovery.
A spokesman for Wollondilly state MP Nathaniel Smith said the incidents were incredibly disturbing.
“This appears to be the work of a serial offender and it’s important that those people are brought to account for these crimes,” he said.
“Sometimes a serial offender in these incidents can grow into more serious crimes.
“We strongly support any action that the police will be taking.”
Campbelltown MP and Shadow Minister for Western Sydney Greg Warren, who served in the Australian Regular Army for eight years, told the Chronicle previously that it was “unfathomable” to understand what would inspire such cruelty on a national icon.
What would actually motivate someone to commit, what appears to be, such a gruesome and grotesque act?” he said
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“From my own personal perspective, if they are found guilty then they should feel the full force of the law.”
Mr Illistom reminded the community to be vigilant and alert Sydney Wildlife Metropolitan Service on 9413 4300 of any injured animals sighted roadside.