In Redmond, Western Australia, police were called after family members found Peter Eades, 77, lying seriously injured in the paddock where he kept his pet kangaroo, a three-year-old male that he had hand-reared from a joey. Police had to shoot the animal as it was preventing the ambulance crew from reaching the injured man. “It is believed the man had been attacked by the kangaroo earlier in the day,” said police spokesperson Ryan Langley. Surprisingly, Eades’s death was only the second death caused by a kangaroo attack in Australia in 100 years, despite regular violent incidents involving ‘roos. The previous death reportedly occurred in 1938, when 38-year-old William Cruickshank died from head injuries after trying to save his dogs from an aggressive kangaroo in New South Wales. theguardian.com, 17 Sept…
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