Animal cruelty at its worst

IMAGE: A Kangaroo

A 20 year old man who killed a kangaroo and its joey in Wodonga earlier this year has been handed a six month suspended jail sentence.

Nigel Franks pleaded guilty before Wodonga Magistrates' Court this morning for aggravated animal cruelty.

The court heard he deliberately ran over the kangaroo with his car, tied its carcass to the back of his vehicle and dragged it 11.5km through the outskirts of Wodonga.?

There were also reports that he removed a joey from the Mother's pouch and threw it into an empty paddock on the side of the road, despite protests from others in the car.

Franks was apparently confronted by animal rights protestors in front of the Wodonga court.

Magistrate Stella Stuthridge described the offenses as 'appalling.'

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