Culling an animal species is acceptable but cruelty is not. The exact population of kangaroos in unknown. There are at least as many as there are people in Australia.
Culling involves a direct gunshot to the head. Using your car as a weapon to run over a kangaroo, then kicking it to death is definitely not on.
Nigel Franks went even further: he dragged the carcass two kilometers along the road with a rope attached to his car. A woman found the dead animal in the high street of a town.
In court the defendant was told he was in serious trouble. He had already broken the law before, not complying to a community order. He has to return to court on June 4 to find out what his sentence will be.
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