The bodies were find in Albury Botanic Gardens . Appallingly , two of them had been decapitated and their nous taken . Local wildlife expert initially thought the platypuses might have been attack by foxes , but after taking the most recently wipe out duckbilled platypus to a vet , they ’ve confirmed their heads were removed , with some difficulty , with a crisp object .

“ As far as we are concerned it ’s not a dodger and as far as the veterinarian is concerned it is not a dodger , ” Hazel Cook , a spokeswoman for the local branch of the Wildlife Information , Rescue and Education Service , toldGuardian Australia . “ We would love to be proved amiss . We would love to cerebrate that a human being would not do this sort of thing . But I do n’t recall we will be . ”

There are so many question . Why would someone anguish one of the most harmless animate being in the public ? How did they even witness them , since they are notoriously problematical ? Why beheading ? And how could you hurt something whose infant are call in puggles ?

Platypuses are endemic to eastern Australia . They are the creature allegory of New South Wales and are protect under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 . In Australia , killing a protected species carry a fine of AUS$11,000 or six calendar month in prison .

There are many strange circumstances that ring these bizarre putting to death . Cook explained that the platypuses would n’t have got into the garden on their own , as there ’s no waterway running into it . Somebody has take the clock time to find these animals , entrap them , take them to the garden , behead them , and take their heads .

“ We thought at first that they might have been arrest incidentally by someone with illegal nets in the river , ” Cook lamented , “ but then why take them to the gardens ? Why not just throw the organic structure in the river ? And why take the heads ? We still do n’t know what they ’ve done with the point . ” She suggested whoever did this , want the bodies to be found .

Humane Society International ( HSI ) Australia has offered aAUS $ 5,000 rewardfor anyone with information that direct to the taking into custody and conviction of the perpetrators of these ugly crimes .

" It is heartbreaking that such senseless acts have taken place towards such beautiful and innocent creatures   and unacceptable to grasp why anyone would be so savage , ” said HSI political program manager Evan Quartermain .

The National Parks and Wildlife Service   is investigate the murders and is also urge anyone with information to contact them at theirNPWS Tumut office .

How   could anybody injure anything so cute ? Check out this fiddling chap giving his stomach a good scratch .