A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet has been killed by the animal in southwest Australia. Fatal kangaroo attacks in Australia are rare, with the last occurring reportedly in 1936.
A relative found the 77-year-old man with “serious injuries” on his property Sunday in semirural Redmond, 400 kilometers southeast of the Western Australia state capital Perth.
It was believed he had been attacked earlier in the day by the kangaroo, which police shot dead because it was preventing paramedics from reaching the injured man, police said.The man died at the scene. Police are preparing a report for a coroner who will record an official cause to death. Police believe the victim had been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet. There are legal restrictions on keeping Australian native fauna as pets.Western gray kangaroos are common in Australia’s southwest. They can weigh up to 54 kilograms and stand 1.3 meters tall.
The males can be aggressive and fight people with the same techniques as they use with each other. They use their short upper limbs to grapple with their opponent, use their muscular tails to take their body weight, then lash out with both their powerful clawed hind legs.
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