Emu cruelty horror: Outrage after five baby chicks left for dead in Hawke ... trends now
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Heartbreaking images of five emu chicks ran over and left for dead on a remote road in a national park have sparked community outrage over what's been described 'deliberate act of cruelty'.
A quest for answers is underway after the 'massacred' chicks were discovered in various states of trauma with horrific injuries across a dead-end road in Hawke National Park at Yeagarup in Western Australia's southwest on Saturday.
Volunteer wildlife carer Leonie Burt was called out to the distressing scene, and by the time she arrived, two chicks were already dead.
Three others barely clinging to life were rushed to Manjimup Veterinary Clinic but were in such a bad state there was no other choice but to euthanise them.
One had a broken spine, another with a broken leg, while a third with a broken pelvis and smashed leg fought hard to stay alive but eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Volunteer wildlife carer Leonie Burt found the five emu chicks scattered alongside and in the middle of a dead end road
An emotional Ms Burt is still
