The decimation of wildlife continues on Magnetic Island . On a recent Sunday, three dead wallabies were spotted by a resident driving from Nelly Bay to the Horseshoe Bay markets. A wildlife carer was told of an incident in which a motorist appeared to deliberately run down a wallaby on the side of the road . The brief statement in the usually vague police report in the island's community newssheet that two wallabies found floating in the safe harbour appeared to have been knifed was not followed up by the mainland media . It is said that the island now has 10 hire car companies and more courtesy cars resulting in a marked increase in vehicles on the narrow roads, on which there have been fatal accidents , one recently , signs of exuberant driving evident...a topless hire car followed by two motor scooter riders honking horns were seen speeding along Sooning Street , Nelly Bay . It only required a wallaby , a fluttering bird, a dog to run out in front of them and there could have been another tragedy .
