Australian men raised kangaroos as pets, and were killed by kangaroos. The first case in 86 years

Polar News reporter Manda

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According to the "Daily Mail" reported on September 13, in southwestern Australia, a 77 -year -old man died after being attacked by his own pet kangaroo. When rescuers rushed to the scene, the kangaroo stopped them from approaching approaching approaching The wounded until it was killed by the scene. According to reports, this is the first time in Australia to be killed by kangaroos in 1986.

The incident happened in a place called Redmond 27 kilometers from the cities in the southern Australian city. On Sunday night, the 77 -year -old man was seriously injured by relatives at home, and the murderer was actually his own pet kangaroo. Relatives immediately contacted the ambulance personnel. However, when ambulancers tried to approach the injured, they were attacked and prevented by this kangaroo.

The location of the incident (source: Daily Mail)

Later, the local police also went to the scene to deal with it. In the end, the wounded died unfortunately due to injuries, and the kangaroo was also killed by the scene because of continuous threats to emergency personnel.

According to the police, the kangaroo was less than 12 months old and was raised by the elderly as a pet.

It is said that this was the first time in Australia to be attacked by kangaroos in 1986. The last similar incident occurred in 1936. At that time, a 38 -year -old hunter in western New South Wales fought with kangaroos in order to rescue his two dogs. As a result, his chin was broken, his head was seriously injured, and he died in the hospital.

Southern Western Australia is the home of gray kangaroos in the western part of Western Australia. This kangaroo is 97 to 223 cm in length from beginning to end, with a weight of 70 kg. Kangaroo is usually docile animals and generally does not conflict with humans. In New South Wales, less than 5 people are injured by kangaroos each year.

Data map (source: Australian News)

However, when kangaroo feels threatened or the territory is violated, they may attack humans or other animals. For example, they regard someone as a threat or opponent, or the cubs or groups trying to protect themselves, or that food is threatened, which may attack humans.

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