An elderly man in Western Australia has died after an apparent attack by his pet kangaroo.
The man was gravely injured in the attack, which occurred at the man’s home in Redmond, near Albany in the state’s south.
Paramedics were called to the man’s property on Sunday evening after the 77-year-old was found by a relative with serious injuries.
Representatives from the Western Australian Police force said police officers were forced to shoot the marsupial dead because it was posing an ongoing threat to emergency responders. A kangaroo hopping across the road outside the town of Booligal in western New South Wales. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)
Police were called to the property to assist emergency services after the kangaroo prevented the ambulance crew from accessing the injured man, who unfortunately died at the scene of the incident….