Severed kangaroo heads found on Australian beach

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia's leading animal welfare group launched an investigation Tuesday after five severed kangaroo heads were found on a beach in Queensland state.

A woman walking with her two young daughters made the grisly discovery at Decelption Bay, north of Brisbane, on Sunday, the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) said.

RSCPA spokesman Michael Beatty said it appeared the heads had been used as fish bait in an extreme act of cruelty.

"We've seen kangaroos that have been shot with arrows and had all sorts of other unpleasant things happen to them but we've never actually come across five like this," Beatty said.

"We'd just like some information to find who did this."

Deception Bay resident Angie Rando said she was...