Six kangaroos have been mowed down and left to die on a quiet street in a beachside town, with residents and wildlife rescuers up in arms over the ‘disturbing’ incident. The attack occurred on Blairs Road at Long Beach in Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast last Sunday with locals claiming they heard noises […]
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Kangaroos Increasingly Calling Texas Home But “Pets” They Are Not
Did you know that you can own a kangaroo in Texas? Why you’d want to, we’re not sure. But Texas is one of thirteen states in the U.S. that allows citizens to keep kangaroos as exotic pets. In fact, the animals are surprisingly popular there, partly due to the similarities in environment the Lone Star […]
Crocodile takes revenge on noisy zoo employee by devouring his lawnmower
Zoo workers have been forced to rescue a mangled lawn mower after it fell foul of a grumpy crocodile. Elvis the croc, who resides at Australian Reptile Park, New South Wales, Australia, took issue with the noisy grass trimmer as it shortened the green in his enclosure. Waking up and choosing violence, he entered into […]
Volunteers Continue to Risk Their Lives to Save Animals Amid Ongoing War in Ukraine
Volunteers in Ukraine have been risking their lives to save and rescue abandoned animals amid the ongoing war. It has now been nearly one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but volunteers have not given up helping abandoned animals. The Yampil Zoo in the eastern Donetsk region was liberated by Ukrainian forces on September […]
Victoria approves cull of 50,000 more kangaroos than last year despite unknown flood impact
Victoria has signed off on a plan to increase the number of kangaroos legally killed in the state by a third, in a move criticised by animal welfare advocates. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action has released a report on the state’s commercial kangaroo harvesting program and “authority to control wildlife” permit scheme. […]
Rottweiler Saves Aussie Mum’s Life After Attack By “Crazed Kangaroo”
While kangaroos look cute from afar, they can actually be quite dangerous. This is due primarily to their ability to kick like a mule. In fact, the walloping kickboxing-style punch they can unleash is equal to a bone-crunching 759 pounds of force. Their claws are also razor-sharp when slashing at whatever is in their way. […]
Wild kangaroo ‘attacks and kills’ man, 77, who ‘tried to keep it as a pet’
A man has died after a suspected attack by a kangaroo in western Australia. Paramedics were called to the elderly man’s home in Redmond near Albany after the 77-year-old was found with serious injuries. Police were then called after the kangaroo prevented ambulance crews from getting to the injured man, who died at the scene. […]
Australia’s Adorable Bilby Is Being Turned Into A Biological Weapon
In the last 200 years, Australia has lost 31 known species, the most of any country in the world, MSN reports. One of the latest to face the threat of extinction is the adorable bilby. The Bilby is a small defenseless animal, easy prey for invasive predators and classified as Vulnerable by the Australian Wildlife […]