Even Australia Frowns Upon Drinking And Torturing Animals

It may not be dogfighting or cat juggling, but quokka abuse ranks right up there in the annals of asshattery. And a couple of Australia's finest rugby players are guilty of abusing the endangered marsupial animal on Rottnest Island. (In their defense, they appeared to be drunk.)

Western Force ruggers Scott Fava and Richard Brown were involved in what Reuters described as a "team bonding session" (nothing says team chemistry like animal abuse, after all) and were sentenced to community service and substantial fines:

Witnesses described seeing the men tormenting the quokkas, "hammer throwing" one by its tail and trapping another under a milk crate.

[snortlaugh] I mean, um, that's just appalling behavior.

Pair To Pay For Quokka Abuse [The Australian, via Fark]

(Photoshop: not mine, because as you've already noticed it was done well.)