Woman Attacked by Kangaroo After Being Followed for 2 Days
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| This is an eastern gray kangaroo that are known for attacking humans. |
By: Kristina Mokalla
Kirrily McWilliams was attacked by an angry kangaroo at her home in New South Wales on Tues., May 29. The kangaroo had no reason for attacking her and her family.
She was attacked by the kangaroo walking to her car to pick up her daughter from school when the kangaroo attacked her.
Everyone thinks of a kangaroo as a cute animal from Australia. This female eastern gray kangaroo is a type of species that is one of the larger types of kangaroos. The eastern gray kangaroo can run up to 35 m.p.h. and can jump more than 25 ft. in one jump.
Kirrily McWilliams was lucky that she had two layers of clothing on otherwise her wound could have been worse. She said that there was cool weather. If it was in the hot of hot summer and she was wearing a pair of shorts and a t-shirt that would not help much.
The first day the kangaroo was outside her home wildlife officials told her to ignore the kangaroo and it would move on.
The kangaroo did not move on. The next day the kangaroo attacked the family's 143-pound dog.
The day after the kangaroo attacked their dog, McWilliams was walking to her car to pick up her daughter from school when she saw the kangaroo. The kangaroo was coming towards her ready to attack. She curled into a ball on the ground.
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| This species of kangaroo can run up tp 35 m.p.h., jump longer than 25 feet and can reach up to 8 feet. |
She said, “If you stand and confront them, they can easily tear you apart because that's what they do to each other.”
The kangaroo attacked and it left her a 12-inch scar.
McWilliams said, “I have three children and it could have been one of them.”
Natalie Luquin says she would, “try to kick it, punch it or hit it and try to avoid its feet. And hit it repeatedly.”
While she was in the hospital recovering from her wounds the kangaroo tried to attack her husband, Mr. McWilliams. Luckily, he grabbed a shovel to keep the kangaroo at a distance from him to get into his house.
Briana Keo-Williams response to if the husband should’ve killed the kangaroo when he had the chance with the shovel was, “Yes, it was hurting his family.” Other people would say that he should not have killed the kangaroo due to animal rights.
It took the kangaroo to endanger their family for the NPWS to do anything about the animal. After the kangaroo attacked Mr. McWilliams there was a 48-hour permit to kill the kangaroo but it disappeared.
People said that they would feel safe living there because it was just one kangaroo. Such as Mallory Hoffbeck that said, “it’s just one kangaroo.”
It’s been known that that the best tactic if you ever run into a kangaroo about to attack you and there’s nowhere to run you should roll to the ground. Libby G. said if she was about to be attacked by the kangaroo like the McWilliams she would, “run and jump and hide into the nearest building.” Mrs. McWilliams did the best thing she could do in her situation.
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Kristina - Fun article. I would try and integrate some more quotes from interviews next time so that the story is a little more exciting. It is always interesting to read about what other people would have done if it were them.
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