Rogue wombat 'Mr Bat' removed from town after multiple home invasions

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Rogue wombat 'Mr Bat' removed from town after multiple home invasions
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For the past 12 months the residents of a town in northern Tasmania have been hassled by a brazen night-time visitor who showed little respect for their homes, gardens, or pets.

Authorities have removed a rogue wombat from a Tasmanian suburb following 12 months of home invasions in which it terrorised residents by entering their houses through cat flaps.A marauding wombat known as Mr Bat has been relocated after a year-long campaign of theft and vandalism in Longford

Mr Bat is now living at Cradle Mountain, but he has left behind a trail of ruined pillows, empty pet bowls, and defaced paint-jobs Northern Midlands councillor Matthew Brooks said while the wombat had made a pest of itself, residents were mostly worried for the creature's welfare.

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