Man Who Bashed Penguins to Death Avoids Jail, Fined Just $82

People in Tasmania and throughout Australia are rightly outraged at the light sentence handed out in the case of a man who was convicted in the Burnie Magistrates Court of beating at least six fairy penguins to death with a stick on Sulphur Creek beach.
The Magistrate described this as a “callous act” on an “easy target”.
“The fractures to their head were consistent with blunt force trauma … the attack continued for at least several minutes.”
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