Western grey males can reach lengths of 2.2 metres (more than seven feet) and weights of up to 70 kg (154 pounds).
Digital Desk: According to Australian authorities, a wild kangaroo is suspected of killing a 77-year-old man who was keeping it as a pet. This is apparently the first death kangaroo attack in 86 years. The unidentified man was discovered by a relative on Sunday afternoon at a home in the sparsely populated southern town of Redmond, Western Australia, with "severe injuries," according to police.
A kangaroo is thought to have attacked the man earlier in the day, according to a state police spokesperson.
The man passed away at the spot despite the medical crew's fast arrival.
The police spokeswoman stated, "At the premises, there was a kangaroo that was preventing the ambulance staff from accessing the injured man."
According to police, the animal "was posing a continuing threat to emergency responders" and had to be shot and killed. Based to the police, the individual was thought to be keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet.
The western grey can be found in Western Australia's Great Southern region, even though the kangaroo species' identity was unknown.
Western grey males can reach lengths of 2.2 metres (more than seven feet) and weights of up to 70 kg (154 pounds).
According to Australian media, the latest known deadly kangaroo attack occurred in 1936.
38-year-old William Cruickshank was killed in that incident, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, months after being attacked while attempting to save two dogs from a huge kangaroo.
He sustained severe head wounds and a broken jaw as a result of the attack.
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