Beat me kangaroo down, sport.
Got this story from Jason, who got it from Vice. I think this is what happens when you watch too many boxing roo videos on YouTube:
52-year-old Eric Slate died after he fought a kangaroo at a children’s petting zoo in Horry County, South Carolina.
According to officials, Slate died from “multiple blunt force injuries” after entering an enclosure at 5 Star Farms. Slate is the brother of the zoo’s owner, Robert Slate. Eric regularly entered the kangaroo’s enclosure so he could “roughhouse” with a kangaroo named Jack.
It appears Jack might have taken things a little too far this time, as Eric took part in one last unsanctioned, man-versus-marsupial match.
Local authorities confirmed that all animals, including Jack, are accounted for and not considered a danger to the public. After all, Eric went into the kangaroo’s enclosure. Jack didn’t break out and beat up Eric at home.
Jack has not been euthanized, nor should he, considering that Eric started it and South Carolina is a Stand Your Ground state, after all. Inspectors will evaluate the zoo’s conditions soon, just to be sure.
The petting zoo issued a statement stressing that Jack never left his enclosure and that the facility prioritizes safety for both animals and humans, except for when the petting zoo’s owner’s brother wants to fight one of the animals.
ms insomniac's boss came back to work on a Monday looking a bit battered and bruised. Apparently he ran into a kangaroo on the golf course, and lost.
A few years ago someone entered the leopard enclosure at San Francisco zoo. Cause of death was more spectacular than "blunt force trauma", I gather. People are stupid. Come to think of it, it's disappointing that the cause of death here wasn't disembowelment, as that is what we were all warned about as kids. I once saw a kangaroo at Currumbin trying to disembowel an American tourist - funny how it knew who to pick on - it was a smallish kangaroo, maybe needed a few years growth to get its disembowelling game going.