Posted on 09/14/2022 9:29:42 AM PDT by xp38
A 77-year-old man was attacked and killed Sunday by a wild kangaroo that authorities believe he kept as a pet at his home in southwest Australia, police said. His death marked the first fatal kangaroo attack in Australia in 86 years. A relative of the man found him with “serious injuries” on his property in Redmond, a semi-rural area about 250 miles southeast of Perth. Investigators believe the kangaroo turned on him and attacked him hours before he was found by his relative.
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Darwin Award candidate.
Hop to it, then.
He forgot to tie his kangaroo down.
Sounds like kangaroos shouldn’t have pets. /s
“A 77-year-old man ...”
Silly boomer
I hope they tanned his hide when he died, Clyde.
Kangaroo-
0-losses
1-KO
This same thing happened to me once in an earlier life… so there’s that
Well they shot the kangaroo when it was obstructing EMS from getting to the now dead victim.
Hi.
Marsupials are not to be trusted
Just like politicians.
They will punch you in the face and kick you in the ass.
Do kangaroos have a season and bag limit?
5.56mm
The roo was his mate?
This is akin to people living in Florida who think they can have pet alligators or pet pythons; they are great until they eat you.
He won’t be the last one to be killed by a ‘pet.’
Failed to tie his Kangaroo down, sport.
Never a good idea to keep a wild animal as a pet. Even if you have it from the moment it’s born, it’ll never have the generations of domestication that true housepets have. You never know when those wild instincts will kick in, and most of us aren’t capable of fighting off or escaping an angry wild animal bigger than a chihuahua without taking some significant damage.
Was the kangaroo vaccinated? I thought I’de be the first to ask.
(Sigh)
Here we go again with the Oz jokes.
Man killed by own Kangaroo is no joke, really sad.
Roos are plentiful and considered a pest by most farmers in Oz. While not everywhere you can find Kangaroo meat available in some places. I’ve had it. Tastes like beef but is leaner.
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