A young wallaby is lucky to be alive after being allegedly deliberately run down by a motorist on Magnetic Island . In another incident reported to wildlife carers a hire car swerved off the road and hit a wallaby which was so badly injured it had to be euthanased .
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Wallabies are part of island attractions.
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On top of these disturbing episodes , a n extremely brief police report raised the possibility that a dead wallaby found floating in the harbour had been knifed. The mainland media, yet again, failed to pick up this island story.
The surviving wallaby from the recent car attack is being looked after by the Magnetic Island Fauna Care Association (MIFCA). An island resident saw the wallaby hit and be thrown high into the air early one morning , near the Bungalow Bay Koala Village , Horseshoe Bay .
It is claimed the driver of the large black car then attempted to run over the animal , but was stopped from doing so . The badly injured animal was taken into Bungalow Bay and they rang MIFCA.
Now, after close attention , the wallaby , named Jess, can hop about in a fashion , one leg extended further than the other . Every so often its head shakes as if having a spasm.
