kangaroo assault! Man (77) dies, police shoot animal – Muricas News

Kangaroo drama in Australia!

A wild kangaroo killed a person who had saved the animal as a pet on his property.

In accordance with police on Tuesday, a relative discovered the significantly injured 77-year-old on Sunday on his property within the sparsely populated space of ​​Redmond (Western Australia). Regardless of the emergency companies, the person died on the spot.

A police spokesman stated: “There was a kangaroo on the premises, which prevented the paramedics from approaching the injured particular person.” Law enforcement officials lastly shot the aggressive animal. In accordance with preliminary investigations, the person saved the wild animal as a pet.

The western grey kangaroo is frequent within the area. Male specimens can develop as much as 2.20 meters tall and weigh as much as 70 kilos. In accordance with Australian media, the final recorded deadly assault by a kangaroo on a human was in 1936 within the state of New South Wales.

Kangaroo habits professional Graeme Coulson stated whereas kangaroo assaults are usually not unusual, they're “very, very not often deadly”. The animals primarily assault after they really feel cornered.

Earlier this 12 months there have been a number of assaults in Australia, however the entire victims survived. In April, a lady was attacked and significantly injured by a kangaroo whereas taking part in golf in Queensland.

In March, a teenage woman was using her moped in Victoria when a kangaroo abruptly jumped out of the woods and knocked her off the bike. The 14-year-old was hospitalized for 10 days with accidents. Additionally in March, a three-year-old woman was attacked by a kangaroo on her residence property on the east coast.

The kangaroo is Australia’s nationwide animal. There are 4 species of hopping marsupials: the crimson kangaroo, the japanese grey kangaroo, the western grey kangaroo, and the antelope kangaroo.

(cbu/dpa/AFP)