{"id":648157,"date":"2026-05-04T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648157\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:00:09","slug":"police-hunting-mystery-archer-after-brush-turkey-hit-by-arrow-on-sydneys-north-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648157\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunting mystery archer after brush turkey hit by arrow on Sydney&#8217;s North Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are hunting a mystery archer who shot a brush turkey on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney&#039;s\">Sydney&#8217;s<\/a> North Shore after the injured bird was found with an arrow embedded in its leg.<\/p>\n<p>A female jogger discovered the wounded Australian turkey in bushland opposite Cremorne Point Ferry Wharf about 5pm on April 24.<\/p>\n<p>The turkey was taken to T\ufeffaronga Zoo&#8217;s Wildlife Hospital by WIRES (Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service) for treatment, but needed to be euthanised.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/05381cd2-22c5-4d60-85ae-994826ff6b17.jpeg\"   alt=\"Brush turkey injured\"\/>The turkey was taken to T\ufeffaronga Zoo&#8217;s Wildlife Hospital by WIRES, but needed to be euthanised. (Instagram\/@mosmancollective\/WIRES)According to local news site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXyATNuk1iC\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Mosman Collective,\">Mosman Collective,<\/a> four other brush turkeys have been injured by an archery arrow over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffBrush turkeys are a protected species in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act to harm a native animal with a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the bird attack is now under way.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d4ff22f8-b7ee-45e8-bef8-c7f9e111cdfa.jpeg\"   alt=\"Brush turkey injured Cremorne Point\"\/>A female jogger discovered the wounded Australian turkey in bushland opposite Cremorne Point Ferry Wharf in late April. (Instagram\/@mosmancollective\/WIRES)<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers On 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n<p>Native brush turkeys have been injured under similarly cruel circumstances on the NSW Central Coast and in Queensland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/?rf=true\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Nine.com.au\">Nine.com.au<\/a> has contacted North Sydney Council for comment.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are hunting a mystery archer who shot a brush turkey on Sydney&#8217;s North Shore after the injured&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-648157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}