A kangaroo is dead after it was allegedly run down deliberately by a car in Melbourne.

Two men have been charged following an investigation into the alleged act of cruelty in Lysterfield South.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Police raid two homes, seize car used to run down kangaroos.

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Police allege the pair — a 22-year-old from Scoresby and a 20-year-old from Ringwood — deliberately drove a Nissan Patrol toward a group of kangaroos on Hallam North Rd about 10.20pm on April 23.

One kangaroo died at the scene.

Officers later raided the men’s homes, seizing a Nissan Patrol, and charged both on Thursday.

They face charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and destroying protected wildlife, and are due to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on August 19.