A young man who was filmed kicking a quokka on Rottnest Island and sending it flying into a wall has been fined $4000.

Harrison Angus McPherson, 20, chased then kicked the animal in the courtyard of a chalet in February after attending a music festival.

The incident was filmed and uploaded onto social media by his friend Corey Douglas James, sparking a name-and-shame campaign that led police to the men.

McPherson pleaded guilty to ill-treating and animal last month but his sentencing was adjourned until today to allow him to get a psychological report.

Defence lawyer Tom Percy told Fremantle Magistrate’s Court his client received death threats after the incident, describing it as "completely out of character".

Camera Icon Harrison Angus McPherson leaves Fremantle court in May. Credit: Ian Munro, The West Australian

McPherson initially missed the quokka but connected with a second kick and sent it flying into a wall as his friend laughed.

The quokka squeaked with pain but it was never found and the extent of its injuries was not known.

Magistrate Peter Malone told the court one of the significant factors in sentencing was the fate of the quokka.

He accepted McPherson was remorseful but refused to grant him a spent conviction, saying what he had done was cruel.

James was fined $3500 earlier this year after pleading guilty to the same charge.

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He also received threats after the incident and lost his fly-in, fly-out job because his employer felt his safety could not be guaranteed after the vision went viral.

In March, New Zealand zoologist Bevan Denis Hames was fined $2000 after he put a quokka into the sea near the Rottnest Hotel.

He claimed he did it in a bid to show other people that quokkas were good swimmers.

Two French tourists chose jail time over $4000 fines for trying to torch a quokka in 2015 and in a separate incident that year a teenager who kicked one of the animals was fined $2500.