A septuagenarian chooses a kangaroo as a “pet”, he will pay dearly for it

Peter Eades, 77, is familiar with animals. The retiree, living in Albany, Australia, is a alpaca breeder. Peter Eades also kept a kangaroo as a pet. Which turned out to be a very bad idea. On Sunday September 11, the retiree was wildly attacked by his kangaroo. According to The Sunthe kangaroo was so furious that the rescuers did not couldn’t get into the elderly man’s property. Finally, the rescuers had to call the police to enter the residence. Believing that the furious marsupial constituted a threat to rescue workersauthorities put the animal down.

We learn that the 77-year-old farmer had kept the kangaroo from 3 years as a pet and that he took care of him when he was just a baby kangaroo – a joey. According to the WA Police statement of Monday September 12, 2022, his fatal attack by the angry kangaroo has took place early in the day. “The kangaroo posed an ongoing threat to emergency responders and officers present had to euthanize the kangaroo by firearm. It is believed the man had been attacked by the kangaroo earlier in the day“, authorities said.

Kangaroo attacks are not uncommon

Unfortunately, Mr. Eades’ kangaroo attacked him to death although no one witnessed the scene. Kangaroo attacks are quite common in Australia, but they are very rarely fatal. Otherwise, The Sun recalls that William Cruickshank was the last person attacked by a kangaroo to have lost his life. The 38-year-old had suffered a broken jaw as well as serious head injuries. But his deadly altercation with one of his fiery marsupials dated 100 years ago.