What's that Skip? You're killing my dog?

AnonoBoy

Kangaroo Slashes Drowning Dog's Owner

A kangaroo slashed an Australian man's abdomen and face as he tried to stop the bouncing beast from drowning his dog. Skip related content

Chris Rickard, 49, said he was walking his blue heeler Rocky on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek, north east of Melbourne.

The dog chased the animal into a pond, but it then turned and pinned the pet underwater.

When Mr Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him.

Lashing out with its powerful hind legs, the marsupial tore a deep gash into his abdomen and across his face.

"I thought I might take a hit or two dragging the dog out from under his grip, but I didn't expect him to actually attack me," Mr Rickard told The Herald Sun newspaper.

"I was stuck having to hold onto the dog with both hands, because it was half drowned and, I couldn't really see anything because the kangaroo just ripped into me.

"It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5ft high. They don't go around killing people.

"Then, all of a sudden, I realised the first hit (he) gave me opened up a wide gash above my eye and blinded me."

Mr Rickard said the onslaught left him "flailing away underwater, carrying a dog with a kangaroo ripping into me".

"All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water," he continued.

The wounded man said he ended the battle by elbowing the beast in the throat.

Kangaroos rarely attack humans, but will fight if they feel threatened.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091123/twl-kangaroo-slashes-drowning-dog-s-owne-3fd0ae9.html

I don't know why, maybe it's cause I've been at work too long but I found this funny.

Doyler92

Probably slashed him down under in all fairness.

Wertz

At least there wasn't a croc waiting in the wings...

WindSock

He must have appouched the Roo from the wrong direction!

Heard of them doing that before, drowning dogs. Not just giant silly rabbits. No sir.

rizzee

You kick my dog

brummytom

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For some reason I found that hilarious

derfderf

Their legal system is more than fair, i'm sure his booting was fully deserved. Maybe he didn't have a dog licence.

Duiske

The dog chased the animal into a pond, but it then turned and pinned the pet underwater.

When Mr Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him.

Sounds like they met a Martial Arts Gu-roo.

Dudess

"What's that, Skip? The barn's on fire? And Mr McKenzie's in there? And the fire's spreading because someone abandoned their car there and it's leaking petrol? Strewth!"

Hazys

Kangaroos = bunch mob of ****



Edit: thanks for pulling me up on a typo. Also using "bunch of ****" is grammatically incorrect; plural of kangaroos is a mob just in case the grammar/spelling nazis keep coming

brummytom

Hazys wrote: »

Kanagroos = bunch of ****

Yeah, and those Kangaroo bastards aren't much better

IvySlayer

I can't believe that kangaroo jumped them.

stovelid

I just can't believe that Ruu would be capable of this....

IvySlayer

stovelid wrote: »

I just can't believe that Ruu would be capable of this....

No Ruu-wards for him tonight!

Hard Larry

Crikey!