Ute driver who filmed himself mowing down emus gets 42 days in jail
A man who mowed down emus on an outback road and posted a video of it online has been sentenced to 42 days in jail by a Victorian court.
Jacob Scott MacDonald was sentenced in Mildura Magistrates Court on Thursday over the sickening attack on Pellaring Road at Cowangie, in Victoria's north west in September last year.
Video was posted on social media, sparking a nationwide manhunt before police charged MacDonald with animal cruelty and traffic offences.
Believed to be filmed from a smartphone attached to the steering wheel, it appears to show a man speeding towards the emus on a dirt road.
The footage shows a man laughing while running over several emus in a 4WD.
He's heard saying "f---ing emus" before the animals appear on the screen.
Up to 13 emus can then be seen being mown down by the car as they run for their lives.
AAP, with Melissa Cunningham