This is why 4wds get a bad name.

Absolutely disgraceful!

However, just because the had a 4WD doesn't make them '4wders' any more than owning a Harley makes you a bikie.

I don't and won't class these animals amongst the group of people I associate with.

I hope a witness is located and they are bought to justice.

Cheers

Anthony

I would be very happy to administer the punishment in the form of a lead slug to the scums head...

OK a little bit of objectiveness required please people. Sensationalism tends to bring out the worst in some of us. The report says thus;

"Witnesses have told police they saw a white four-wheel drive driving around the area throughout the night but no-one saw the animals being killed."

One thing I've always been told about making an assumption...."You make an ass out of u and me".

An inference may be drawn from the story as presented but it is only an inference. Time and time again we see things pan out totally different to the way things have been "reported".

This is a senseless, cruel act perpetrated by unknown morons. Hopefully the authorities will apprehend the culprits and the full weight of the law applied.

Until then objectively and reasoned responses and less sensationalism might be a distinct advantage.

My thoughts

Mick

what we got here is an example ..... not a single event and not restricted to 4wds or animal cruelty.

We have a society where we simply do not provide children with a concept of consequence of their actions & I'm not just talking about spanking children ...... there is very much a concept that disobediance and disorder in children is somehow cute and harmless.

We also have a society that does not demand decent behaviour and responsibility from teenagers.

Then we present adults with a set of increasingly rigid laws combined with harsh penalties ..... with pretty much no chance of being caught for things that realy matter.
This is pretty much due to govrenments not funding inspectors and enforcement purely for the sake of upholding the law.

we are now in the secod and third generation of this foolishness ..... and the incident iin question is the result ........ not a thing to do with 4wds or bushland access which is where pointless actonl will be taken.

cheers

What an absolutely sad state of affairs that is. Those wombats were the main attraction at Bendeela, such a lovely place. There's no hope for us, the sooner they ban us from everywhere the better off the planet will be. I would like to join another species, it's too much of an embarassment to be lumped in with the lowlifes that are capable of such an act. My wife is in tears, I took her there a few months ago to see them.

Just because a White 4WD was seen driving around at the time - doesn't make them the culprits.
Could it have been mistaken vehicle at night? Who is to say it was a 4x4 it may well have been a RV 2 wheel drive as there is a lot of 2 wheel drives that look like 4 wheel drives. As for the driver Male or Female or greenie for that matter. No one knows only the offending driver knows who they are. We have a very sad society to do this despicable senseless act. I just hope they catch the person or persons responsible for this act.

I think everyone here basically feels the same. And I don't mind people saying that they would like to administer the penalty or going off at 4WDers being labelled. It's called "blowing off steam". And among friends - who cares.

Me; I shivered when I read the article. The hairs on my arms crawled when I thought of how they must have felt. Can anyone imagine it. Bugger that.

And a tear formed for the poor animals. This is one reason we have the dash cam. There is always some bad apples in the barrel. Unfortunately I use the plural these days.

So lets not bicker people. Sit back, take a breath, blow off steam and maybe we will have justice one day. Hopefully the sooner the better.

I point the dash cam at where trouble may come from and a notepad and pen sit next to it.

Phil

PS How's that -- me behaving. Another morning in oncology with 3 hours with crap being pumped into me. Got to start properly.

Some years ago a young apprentice came into work boasting about the weekend accomplishments he and a few of the heroes he hangs about with got up to on a trip to Rottnest Island off the WA metropolitan coast. One of their sources of amusement was engaging in a game of "quokka soccer". In case you are not aware a quokka is a very small, inoffensive animal resembling a wallaby.
I invited him to a game of "apprentice soccer" in which he could be the ball. He declined my offer.

Cheers
Pop

Firstly, the news report said a white FWD was seen in the area. Hello, this all happened in the bush so I would suggest that to see a FWD would be normal.

Secondly, all the comments here are by four wheel drives and we are all absolutely revolted by what has happened. The perpetrator is quite clearly not one us.

Thirdly, not much point complaining on this forum, these morons are most unlikely to be visitors to this site. We should be voicing our disgust of type casting four wheel drivers with the journalist and papers that publish it. Write to Kathryn Magann and the ABC and voice your objection to their type casting. If you have email addresses by all means publish them here and encourage others to raise their own objections.

I don't care what they drive or by what method they killed these poor little buggas.
Whoever it was has no mental capacity to be classed as human.

They are harmless Wombats for bleep sake, they are as harmless as they come.
Just morons.

It is also a harsh reminder of the many reasons why it's bad and wrong to feed wild animals and encourage them to hang around campsites... no matter how "cute" they are.

Don't do it!