A WILDLIFE rescuer has reported the heartbreaking discovery of seven dead eastern grey kangaroos along a rural road in Flinders, raising concerns the animals may have been killed elsewhere and dumped at the site.
Virginia Carter, co-ordinator of the Mornington Peninsula Wildlife Action Group and a wildlife rescuer with Wildlife Victoria, attended the incident on Meakins Rd about 3.45pm on 4 March after being contacted by a nearby landholder.
She said the injuries to the kangaroos were consistent with being hit by vehicles and possibly being shot.
Carter added the kangaroos “appeared to have been killed at another site and transported to Meakins Rd”.
She said all kangaroos – two females and five males – were spaced apart on the dirt road. One dead joey was found lying beside its mother with a torn pouch.
“I suspect the kangaroos were killed at another site and dumped on Meakins Rd, due to the uniformity of their locations and no swerve or skid marks,” she said in a Facebook post.
“All were severely injured; five had broken legs, two had head injuries.”
Carter reported the incident Rosebud Police Station, as well as to Wildlife Victoria and Parks Victoria.
She also noted a similar incident occurred in the same area on 6 December last year.
She said she found a dead female eastern grey kangaroos on side of Eastern Grey Rise in Flinders at the time, with a young joey alive on the roadside, which she rescued.
She said the kangaroo was found at the end of quiet dead-end dirt road and was “curious as to how the mother could have been run over, with no skid marks and the vehicle unable to gather any speed at the end of road”.
“This is another horrendous, intentional slaughter of our precious wildlife,” she said.
The incident has been reported to police, the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Parks Victoria and neighbours.
If anyone sees anything suspicious on roads or reserves, they are urged to contact police and take notes of any incident.
For wildlife injuries/incidents call Wildlife Victoria hotline 24/7 on 8400 7300.
First published in the Mornington News – 17 March 2026