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  • Rare marsupials kicked to death in 'quokka soccer'

    01/12/2003 3:35:48 PM PST · by gitmo · 31 replies · 255+ views
    Telegraph UK ^ | Jan 12, 2003 | Nick Squires
    They are small and round and look like furry footballs - and they are being kicked to death by young Australians for "fun". The quokka, a species of miniature wallaby found only in Western Australia, has become the renewed target of a sadistic "sport" called quokka soccer. The quokka, a species of wallaby found only in Western Australia Since last Sunday, eight quokkas have been found dead on the seven mile-long island of Rottnest, apparently kicked or beaten to death. The animals were found on a cricket oval near Thomson Bay Settlement, one of the few villages on Rottnest, a...