By Jed Lanyon
Disturbing video footage showing a man running over and killing a kangaroo with a tractor has circulated online.
Footage was posted to the Yarra Valley Noticeboard of a man shouting at a kangaroo as he chases and hits it with a harrow off the side of his tractor.
The man can be heard yelling, “he’s mine. He’s f*cking mine” in the since deleted video.
Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick said the man appears to live in the area and called on the Minister for Environment to act with tougher laws.
“I am calling on Minister Lily D’Ambrosio to ensure this man is made an example of. He needs the book thrown at him,” he said.
“As shocking as this cruelty is, we will continue to see animals treated in this way while their recreational slaughter is permitted. We need to see real protection for our native animals, and we need to see it now.”
There have been several local cases of animal cruelty recently as Mount Evelyn and Wandin residents found sulphur crested cockatoos pierced with arrows in February. One of which survived and remained mobile before being captured days later.
Prior to that, a brushtail possum was found after being shot by an arrow in Badger Creek, according to police.
