WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE: AN adult kangaroo has been found shot through the neck with an arrow on the Mareeba Golf Course this morning.

The kangaroo is thought to be about five years old.

GRAPHIC IMAGES: Kangaroo shot through neck with arrow

Golfer Jim Logan thought he saw three men walking along the golf course's fence line shortly before they encountered the injured kangaroo.

"There’s no need for that in modern society," My Logan said.

Another witness, John Pilbin, said the animal seemed distressed. "If you’ve got an arrow through your neck of course it would be distressing. You'd have to say he was in some pain," he said.

RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beattie said there had been a number of arrow attacks on animals across the state recently.

"I just can't understand what possible enjoyment anyone could get from shooting an animal that is totally defenceless and normally stationary," Mr Beattie said.

Mareeba Golf Course manager Jeni Duck said she was furious at the shooting. She said about 100 kangaroos on the course caused no harm and were in fact a tourist attraction.

The animal is expected to survive and will undergo a procedure to remove the arrow later today.

 

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