Animal advocates are angry after a tourist was spotted feeding soap to a kangaroo near Morisset Psychiatric hospital.
It comes after a string of incidents involving tourists feeding the kangaroos which gather on the private property, with another animal reportedly found with a plastic bread bag stuck on its head.
There have been reports in recent years of tourists being attacked by roos in the grounds of the hospital.
Jayne Cvetanoski from the Better Protection for Morisset Kangaroos group says tourists are ignoring bi-lingual signage at the facility warning people to not feed or touch the animals.
"This has been going on for a long, long time, however since the site has been promoted as a tourist attraction by Trip Advisor and various other social media outlets, we're seeing more tourists coming in by the busload and they are bringing in the food, so it's an ongoing long-term issue that's just getting worse,. The foodstuffs will ferment in their stomachs and cause them to vomit and things like that," she said.
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| Tourists Continue to Flock To Morisset Hospital Grounds To Feed Kangaroos. Picture: Lakes Mail |
