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Kangaroo at exotic-animal farm attacks Ohio man

Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:40 PM EDT
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GREEN CAMP — An 80-year-old man is in fair condition after a kangaroo attacked him for 15 minutes at an exotic-animal farm in central Ohio.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Marion County sheriff's office received a 911 call Tuesday from a woman saying her father-in-law was hurt. Maj. Jeff Cline says the injury happened at Kokas Exotics in Green Camp.

The Advocate of Newark reports the man was in fair condition Wednesday at a Columbus hospital.

The farm owner's son told WCMH-TV the man was attacked by a 6-foot-tall, 200-pound male kangaroo. The station reports the attack came at breeding time when males can be aggressive.

The son says the kangaroo will be euthanized.

Ohio's lax pet laws came under scrutiny last year when a bear killed its caretaker near Cleveland.

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Why kill the kangaroo?

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Reply#1 - Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:20 PM EDT
Bills Catz

Sure, kill the kangaroo after some daffy old geezer bothers it during mating season and gets thumped up. Knew better and went in the pen anyhow, but now lets kill the animal. How about send the kangaroo to a zoo and euthanize the people who exploited it?

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Reply#2 - Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:49 PM EDT
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