Twisted emu killer is JAILED 

The man who filmed himself running down and killing up to 10 emus has been jailed for 42 days.

Jacob Macdonald, 20, from Pinnaroo, a tiny country town in South Australia near the border with Victoria was identified from shocking footage posted online. 

Mr Macdonald's ex-girlfriend confirmed the man in the footage was him after she was bombarded online

Mr Macdonald's ex-girlfriend confirmed the man in the footage was him after she was bombarded online

Despite online trolls calling for Mr Macdonald to face the maximum penalty associated with the act, with is upwards of five years in prison and a $22,000 fine, he told Daily Mail Australia last year while he didn't go about it the right way, he thought he was 'doing a good deed.'

'I could show you some photos of the destruction the emus make down here. We've been in drought. We're literally growing crops on about four inches of rain.' 

'You've got these animals coming in and making a mess,' he said, 'the reason there is so many on the road is because they're looking for something to eat. And there's nothing.'

Mr Macdonald, who ran down up to ten emus in the incident cited a difficult period in his life, particularly over the past four months when he had a relationship breakdown with an ex-girlfriend, but insists he wasn't intending to be cruel to the native birds.

'They're just that poorly, they need to be put down,' he said.

'Here is what the RSPCA doesn't understand, they go on about cruelty, they should come out here and have a look at the state of these animals... they're not doing anything for them.'  

Macdonald was identified as the driver on Thursday after a series of messages between he and an ex-girlfriend surfaced

Macdonald was identified as the driver on Thursday after a series of messages between he and an ex-girlfriend surfaced

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The man who filmed himself mowing down at least ten emus turned the camera on himself to show his excitement

Mr Macdonald (pictured) is a keen hunter who works on his friend's farm. He deleted his social media

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