Kangaroo trapped in wire and left to suffer

THESE shocking photos show a kangaroo in agony, tangled in metres of wire and unable to stand up.

The distressed kangaroo was discovered this morning by a Department of Environment and Conservation wildlife carer, who feared the animal had been tied up in case of animal cruelty.

Kim Walpole was walking through bushland at the back of her Chittering property when she found the kangaroo lying down, with fencing wire wrapped around its foot, chest and neck.

It wasn't until she sedated the distressed animal that she realised the wire had also been tied to two trees.

"I thought he had a broken back and he tried to leap up," Ms Walpole said.

"When we saw that it was actually wire, I had a scenario in the back of my mind but I didn't want to think about people being so cruel. I felt sick."

These images sent to PerthNow show the wire wound tightly around the animal's feet and chest, and the marks left after wildlife carers were able to cut it free.

Ms Walpole, who has lived on the property for seven years, said she did not have any fencing to keep wildlife out and did not know how the wire ended up on her block.

She said it was possible the kangaroo had picked up the wire from a nearby building site and got caught in the bushes.

But the fact it was wrapped around the animal's foot 10 times "raised a lot of questions."

"It obviously panicked and tried to get away because it had worn into the two trees and debarked the trees," she said.

The adult roo suffered burns from the wire but is expected to make a full recovery.

Via:perthnow