Graphic Snapchat video emerges of ANOTHER defenceless wombat being attacked – as the ‘try-hard loser bogans’ responsible are slammed
- WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT
- Snapchat footage has emerged of wombat being taunted and hit with a car
- The footage is believed to have been filmed in southern Tasmania
- The attack comes after another attack on a wombat in South Australia
A graphic Snapchat video has emerged of a wombat being attacked by a group of young men.
The mobile phone footage showed a young man taunting the wombat after it was hit by a 4WD in southern Tasmania.
The animal was seen hanging off the bull bars and the front of the car was covered in blood.
The attack comes just weeks after a policeman was filmed laughing as he stoned a wombat to death in South Australia.
A Snapchat video has emerged of another wombat being attacked. The animal is seen hanging off the bull bar and the front of the car is covered in blood – it is unclear if the wombat is dead
A man in the video was heard saying: ‘I’ve just punched the f*** out of the wombat, you weak c***’.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary director Greg Irons said he was lost for words after watching the video.
‘You get these try-hard, loser bogans like this fella we’ve seen today, that is seen as something they want to copy to get some notoriety out of it, some sort of tough-guy image,’ he said.
‘There is nothing tough about it, you are the weakest of the weak, to hurt an animal that cannot defend itself and 99.9 per cent of the community would agree,’ he said.
A spokesperson for the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment is investigating the video.
The video has emerged after South Australian police officer Waylon Johncock was filmed repeatedly throwing rocks at a wombat in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Johncock, who was off-duty at the time, was seen chasing after the helpless wombat wearing only shoes and shorts.
A man driving behind Johncock told him to ‘get up close’ before the policeman picked up a rock and hurled it at the animal as it tried to run away.
Waylon Johncock, a South Australian police community liaison officer, is under investigation over disturbing footage shot on Eyre Peninsula earlier this month
Some Aboriginal elders condemned Johncock while others defended him, saying he was within his rights because Indigenous people in South Australia have traditionally killed wombats with rocks.
Under the Native Title Act of 1993, Aboriginal people are allowed to maintain ancient customs such as hunting local wildlife. Johncock is Indigenous.
Johncock is under investigation in relation to the video and more than 300,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the officer to be disciplined and a review of the law.
The off-duty police officer can be seen turning around and giving his friend a thumbs up before throwing the rock at the wombat’s head