(Australia): Australian animal welfare authorities are investigating the discovery of a dead koala that was screwed to a wooden post, in an act criticized as "sick".The incident has caused widespread anger after a photo of the marsupial was posted on social media.
Council workers found the koala fixed by its hands to a wooden shelter in a park in Queensland on Wednesday.The perpetrator could face animal cruelty charges if found, the RSPCA said.
It is not yet known how the koala died. Its fur was matted with blood, and gum leaves had been hung in front of it."It's just sick, it makes me want to throw up," Murray Chambers, from Koala Rescue Queensland, told the BBC.
"I've been doing this job for 10 years and I've never seen anything like it." Mr Chambers said the koala may have been struck by a car. The picnic area was close to a road in Imbil, about 120km (75 miles) north of Brisbane."My gut feeling is that it was hit but why would you screw a koala to a wooden structure?" he said.
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