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An Australian man has died after being attacked by a kangaroo he had been keeping as a pet, according to police. The 77-year-old man sustained serious injuries in the attack, which occurred at his home in Redmond, Australia. Police were forced to shoot the marsupial dead after it prevented the paramedics from treating the man who died at the scene. “The kangaroo was posing an ongoing threat to emergency responders and the attending officers were required to euthanize the kangaroo by firearm,” Police Spokesperson. A police spokesperson told the media that they believed the kangaroo had attacked the man. There are approximately 50 million kangaroos in Australia, but attacks are rare. This is the first fatal kangaroo attack reported in Australia since 1936.

It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.

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