THE shooting of a koala in Queensland has not only outraged the community over its brutality, but raised fears the culprit could go on to harm humans.
Professor Paul Wilson, a criminologist and forensic psychologist at Bond University, said the torturing, maiming and killing of animals were red flags of someone capable of future violence against people.
"Archibald McCafferty, Sydney's 'Kill Seven' murderer, used to strangle chickens, cats and dogs before killing people," Prof Wilson said.
"In Victoria, serial killer Paul Charles Denyer disembowelled a native cat and cut the throat of its kittens.
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