The male kangaroo was found dead with an arrow about 20cm long in its stomach at the Parklands reserve last Thursday at 7.30am by a Meadow Springs woman walking her dog.

The arrow was shot three-quarters of the way into kangaroo’s stomach, rupturing its bowel.

Department for Environment and Conservation fauna re-locater Allison Dixon said this would have caused it a slow and agonising death.

“What did he do to deserve this? He did nothing,” Ms Dixon said.

“This kind of cruelty is unnecessary, disgraceful and abhorrent behaviour.

“For a human being to do this is deplorable.”

The arrow was taken for evidence and investigations are continuing.