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<\/div>\nThe kangaroo attack is reportedly the first such deadly attack in 86 years in Australia. (File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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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 roo 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.<\/p>\n
“It is believed the man had been attacked by the kangaroo earlier in the day,” a state police spokesman said.<\/p>\n
An ambulance crew raced to the scene, but the man died there.<\/p>\n
“At the property, there was a kangaroo that was preventing the ambulance crew from accessing the injured man,” the police spokesman said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Though the kangaroo species was not identified, the Great Southern region of Western Australia is home to the western grey.<\/p>\n
The male western grey can grow up to 2.2 metres (more than seven feet) long and weigh up to 70 kg (154 pounds).<\/p>\n
Australian media said the last reported fatal attack by a kangaroo was believed to be in 1936.<\/p>\n
In that incident, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that a 38-year-old man, William Cruickshank, had died in hospital in New South Wales, months after being attacked as he tried to rescue two dogs from a large kangaroo.<\/p>\n
The attack left him with a broken jaw and extensive head injuries.<\/p>\n
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