A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.
FILE - A grey kangaroo hops along a hill side in the Wombeyan Karst Conservation Reserve near Taralga, 120km south west of Sydney, Australia, Aug. 18, 2016. A 77-year-old man has died after a rare kangaroo attack in remote southwest Australia, police said on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. PERTH, Australia —
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.There are legal restrictions on keeping Australian native fauna as pets, but the police media office said Tuesday they had no information to make public regarding whether the victim had a permit.
“This looks like it was an adult male and they become quite aggressive and they don’t do well in captivity,” Irwin said. “You do need a special permit to be able to do that. I don’t believe they really give them out very often unless you’re a wildlife center with trained people who know what they’re doing,” she said.
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