{"id":824797,"date":"2026-07-26T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824797\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:22:15","slug":"outrage-after-four-kangaroos-found-dead-in-adelaide-in-suspected-act-of-animal-cruelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824797\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage after four kangaroos found dead in Adelaide in suspected act of animal cruelty"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspected deliberate act of animal cruelty has prompted an outraged response from the South Australian premier<\/a> after three kangaroos<\/a> were found dead east of Adelaide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two adult kangaroos, a subadult and a joey flung from its pouch were found dead on a dirt road, some with tyre tracks on their bodies, in Meadow in Adelaide Hills.<\/p>\n

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The kangaroos were found near a dirt road in Meadow, Adelaide Hills.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

Locals believe the native animals were chased before being mowed down by a car.<\/p>\n

SA Police said it was aware of the incident but that it had not opened any investigation.<\/p>\n

Public and political pressure is mounting for police action.<\/p>\n

Premier Peter Malinauskas described the act as \u201cunconscionable\u201d and a clear example of animal abuse.<\/p>\n

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One joey survived the horrific ordeal after being flung from its mother\u2019s pouch.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cWho gets off on this? These people deserve to get caught and punished severely,\u201d Malinauskas said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got the legislation there to protect animals from this type of cruelty, and I hope the police investigate it and find the perpetrators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kangaroo Sanctuary Project\u2019s Linda White said it made her sick to think the alleged perpetrators may get away with killing animals.<\/p>\n

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Locals believe the roos were chased, before being mowed down by a car.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people who will take this as a free pass,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter, no one is going to look into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police referred 9News to the RSPCA or Department of Environment and Water for a possible investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n

A joey that lost its mother in the incident but survived is said to be doing well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspected deliberate act of animal cruelty has prompted an outraged response from the South Australian premier after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-824797","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\/824797","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=824797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}