20 Kangaroos Killed in Australia in Alleged Hit and Run: It's 'Just Unbelievable'

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Police are asking the public to come forward with any information surrounding a disturbing turn of events in the Australian state of New South Wales over the weekend.

According to a release from authorities, “several acts of animal cruelty” happened along the state’s South Coast, where police were called to investigate reports of dead kangaroos on the road and on locals’ front lawns.

Janine Green, a volunteer with WIRES, told CNN she “had never seen anything like the carnage.”

“Residents on the streets were just stunned,” she added. “The kangaroos are part of their community, they’ve lived there forever.”

According to Green’s CNN interview, residents generally “slow down” for the animals, who often roam the streets. “For someone to do a mass slaughter like that is just unbelievable.”

source: people.com