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Two teenagers are charged with animal cruelty for allegedly killing 14 kangaroos

The police of Australia is accusing two teenagers of animal cruelty for allegedly deliberately killing 14 kangaroos, including two calves, near the coastal town of Batemans Bay, more than 200 kilometers south of Sydney.

Both, 17 years old, must appear next November 22 for the crimes, which would entail a maximum penalty of five years in prison and more than $ 16,000 fine.

The incident became known on Saturday when the Police responded to a call to denounce the Kangaroo Watching on Long Beach, where found the remains of five kangaroos and a baby.

Soon after, authorities found the carcasses of seven other kangaroos and another baby on the beach nearby Maloney’s beach, as well as another puppy injured, who was transferred to the “Wires” animal care and rescue center.

The surviving calf, a female named Hope, is in the process of recovery.

It is a tragic and insensitive act which has left an indelible mark on our dedicated South-Central Coast (NSW) volunteers and residents who came to the scene, ”Wires said in a message posted Monday on his Facebook profile. In 2018, an Australian court separately sentenced two Australians to prison for stabbing a kangaroo in an attack recorded and disseminated on social networks.

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