Australian man killed by kangaroo he kept as pet
India Today
A pet kangaroo killed a 77-year-old Australian man at a property in the sparsely populated southern town of Redmond in Western Australia.
A wild kangaroo is suspected of killing a 77-year-old man who was keeping it as a pet, Australian police said Tuesday -- reportedly the first fatal kangaroo attack in 86 years. The man, who has not been identified, was found by a relative on Sunday afternoon with "serious injuries" at a property in the sparsely populated southern town of Redmond in Western Australia, police said.
"It is believed the man had been attacked by the kangaroo earlier in the day," a state police spokesman said.
An ambulance crew raced to the scene, but the man died there.
"At the property, there was a kangaroo that was preventing the ambulance crew from accessing the injured man," the police spokesman said.
Police said they had to shoot and kill the animal, as it "was posing an ongoing threat to emergency responders". The kangaroo was believed to be a wild animal being kept by the man as a pet, police said.
Though the kangaroo species was not identified, the Great Southern region of Western Australia is home to the western grey.
The male western grey can grow up to 2.2 metres (more than seven feet) long and weigh up to 70 kg (154 pounds).
