If you were having a semi-reasonable day, we apologise for the content of this article. It’s never fun reading – or writing, FYI – about a series of malicious attacks on fkn penguins, but here we are.
St Kilda’s hidden-in-plain-sight Little Penguin colony has suffered a spate of violence at the hands of absolute flogs, with wildlife volunteers in the Melbourne area reporting at least one bird’s death in the past month.
The Age reports one of the bloodied birds was discovered within the colony’s protected area early yesterday morning, after a volunteer found a group of young blokes clambering all over the birds’ home.
Ivan Leong said “they started climbing all over the rocks, harassing the penguins, chasing them and grabbing them,” before he told ’em to rack off.
The aftermath of an attack on this St Kilda Little Penguin by a group young people in the early hours of this morning….
Posted by Earthcare St Kilda on Thursday, 24 March 2016
Terry Lobert, another volunteer, said “I just can’t imagine what goes through people’s heads that they want to kick a little, cute defenceless penguin.” Neither can we, Terry.
The RSPCA has also flagged the recent cruelty as part of a definite trend, and Parks Victoria have been in contact with Earthcare discuss how best to protect the burgeoning colony – apparently just knowing innocent wildlife shouldn’t be harassed isn’t enough.
