Woman Attacked by Kangaroo, Saved by Dog

We don’t normally think of kangaroos as terribly violent creatures.  However, an elderly woman in New South Wales, Australia was attacked and almost killed by a rogue kangaroo.

Kangaroos are extremely common across the whole Australian continent.  In fact, there are dozens of different species of kangaroo ranging from the tiny 17 ounce Potoroos to the large red kangaroos, which are the world’s largest marsupial that can grow over 6ft. tall and weighing more than 200lbs.

I would think that there are more kangaroos than people in Australia at the moment.  Luckily, up until now we have yet to deal with a large scale kangaroo revolt.

The elderly woman, Mrs. Rosemary Neal, 65 was walking through a mob of kangaroos on her farm to look after some of her forces in the paddock.  The farm is near Mudgee about 160 miles northwest of Sydney.  Their farm is normally overrun with these large marsupials and as such she felt comfortable and safe in their company.  However, a large mail kangaroo several inches taller than her own 5ft. 6in. suddenly lunged.

The attack those short was violent.  Her son, Darren, stated, “Her face has been ripped apart, her hand has been mauled, and she’s got scratches all over her back and concussion…Her whole body is sore where she has dropped to the ground.”

The son also stated that go kangaroo just jumped up and launched right at Mrs. Neal.  He only hit her once can’t sing her to drop and roll.

Luckily, Mrs. Neal’s dog heard her screaming and bolted down to chase of the large angry kangaroo.  Her son stated, “If it wasn’t for the dog she’d probably be dead.”

Mrs. Neal has since been discharged from the hospital, but her family states that she’s still in a bad way.  It may take her while to recover from this unusual incident.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/2308304/Pet-dog-saves-old-woman-from-rogue-kangaroo.html