Posted on 10/14/2018 6:20:51 AM PDT by ETL
An Australian wildlife caretaker feeding dozens of animals was attacked Saturday by a kangaroo while she was attempting to save her husband from the 6-foot marsupial.
Linda Smith, 64, was hospitalized for a collapsed lung, broken ribs and other injuries after she and her husband, Jim, were attacked on their Cypress Gardens property in Queensland, Australia, news.com.au reported.
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We feed them [the animals] a mix of grain and chaff, as with the drought theres nothing out there, Smith said. This one kangaroo came in and I thought it was Golly Gosh, one of the kangaroos we have raised. He was a huge grey, would have been at least 6 foot.
The kangaroo, which turned out not to be Golly Gosh, began attacking Smiths husband when he attempted to feed it.
Jim was on the ground and the kangaroo just kept at him. I went outside to try and help him and took a broom and a piece of bread, but he knocked the broom out of my hand then attacked me, Smith recalled. I got him off Jim and Jim got up and I managed to grab a piece of wood to defend myself with that.
Smith said her son came out and stopped the attack by hitting the kangaroo in the head with a shovel. The kangaroo ran off into the woods.
I have never been one to want to hurt animals, she added.
The couple was taken to the hospital. Jim Smith, said to be in his 60s, was treated for significant lacerations while their son suffered minor injuries from the attack. Linda Smith was scheduled for surgery on Sunday, news.com.au reported.
Despite the attack, Smith said she hopes the kangaroo isnt killed.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Tourists have been warned against feeding the wildlife in Australia after an increase in kangaroo attacks have left guests with gory gashes.
Officials have said the attacks occurred while tourists attempted to feed the native animals junk food like corn chips and McDonalds
There have been a number of reported incidents in which kangaroos have attacked visitors, in one case causing a very deep gash to a mans stomach, the local MP, Greg Piper, told NSW parliament on Tuesday.
In most cases they have been kicking out, clawing faces and grappling with people, causing lacerations or significant scratching Recently one attacked a man, who required 17 stitches in his face, Piper continued.
The attacks have been happening on the grounds of Morisset hospital, a psychiatric hospital and a popular tourist site near Lake Macquarie, where travel websites send people to see wild kangaroos for free. ...
Tourists at a zoo in South China pelted a kangaroo with bricks in an attempt to see the animal hop, but the animal was fatally injured, The AFP reported Thursday, citing state television.
The marsupial died after a few days after suffering a ruptured kidney, the report said. A few weeks later, another kangaroo in the enclosure was slightly injured in a similar incident, the report said.
The report said that visitors at the Fuzhou Zoo in Fujian province are known to try and get kangaroos to hop. The zoo reportedly said it will install cameras and stuff the 12-year-old female.
The report showed the kangaroo, with a nearly severed foot, being treated for its injuries.
It is unclear if anyone was charged after the Feb. 28 incident.
NDTV reported that China has few regulations for its zoos and wildlife park, and pointed to a June incident where a donkey was dropped into a tiger pit due to unhappy business investors.
I used to be pretty good at avoiding flaming barrels. Not as young as I used to be, though.
A dinner of “chaff”? Well, no wonder. The attacks were clearly justified.
Shovels to the head are effective in so many situations.
Could be an impending tragedy! we better call in the military, police and coast guard!
Love your gifs - especially the kangaroo on the trampoline.
Queensland Kangaroo in the News.
That's the first thing that came to mind for me too. I suppose because I came here directly from this thread:
'Gay penguins' to raise first chick; given foster egg at Sydney aquarium
I thought they were all like Skippy.
Antifa-Roo?
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