The man was identified as Peter Eades, a local alpaca farmer, by Australian news agency 9News. A relative of Eades found him with “severe injuries” at his property in semi-organic Redmond, 400km from the Western Australian state capital of Perth. It is believed the kangaroo had attacked Eades earlier in the day.

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Rescuers rushed to the scene but the looming kangaroo prevented them from providing medical aid to the 77-year-old and they had to call the police for help. Story continues below ad “The kangaroo posed a constant threat to emergency responders,” a police statement said. When law enforcement arrived, they shot and killed the kangaroo. Eides was pronounced dead at the scene when rescuers finally reached him. Police are preparing a report for the coroner, who will record an official cause of death.

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Police believe the victim was keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet despite legal restrictions on the conservation of Australian native wildlife. Western gray kangaroos are common in southwestern Australia. They can weigh up to 54 kg and be 1.3 meters tall. Trending Stories

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Male kangaroos can be aggressive and fight humans with the same techniques they use among themselves. They use their short upper limbs to wrestle with their opponent, use their muscular tails to support their body weight, and then lunge with their two powerful clawed hind legs.

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Fatal kangaroo attacks are extremely unusual because a kangaroo’s first instinct is to flee, an expert told the New York Times. Animals will not attack unless they feel cornered. To illustrate the rarity, one has to go back nearly a century to find the last fatal attack on a human by a kangaroo. Story continues below ad In 1936, William Cruickshank, 38, died in a hospital in Hillston in the state of New South Wales, on the east coast of Australia, months after being attacked by a kangaroo. Cruickshank suffered extensive head injuries, including a broken jaw, as he tried to save his two dogs from the kangaroo, The Sydney Morning Herald reported at the time. Graeme Coulson, an expert on kangaroo behavior, told ABC News that “the problem with kangaroos and humans is that we’re both upright animals, we stand on our feet, and an upright position like that is a challenge for the male kangaroo ».

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“They don’t discriminate between humans and other kangaroos,” Coulson said. “And that’s especially dangerous when the male grows up, gets bigger and stronger and then you can have these kinds of problems.” Eades was previously featured by ABC because of his devotion to his alpaca herd. He named each animal and built a graveyard to bury them in. He told the outlet in 2017 that he wanted to be buried next to his beloved alpaca, Claudia, when he died. — With files from The Associated Press Story continues below ad 1:10 Australia bushfires: Residents save kangaroos and koalas as fires destroy homes Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.