A kangaroo was left to die in Blackwood after being shot with three metal-tipped arrows.
The roo, with a joey in its pouch, was found by a resident outside a Blackwood property on Golden Point Road on Wednesday just before 6pm.
Manfred Zabinaskas, of Five Freedoms Animal Rescue, said the scene was “horrific”.
“The poor thing had been shot in the head; one went through the lower abdomen and one in the leg. Somebody shot it with the intent to kill. Proper hunting arrows were used.
“They were either trying to kill it for pet food or just for the pleasure of killing another animal. We had to euthanise the roo. The poor joey is now an orphan.”
Information to Bacchus Marsh police on 53664500.
