An elderly Australian woman knocked over and savaged by a large kangaroo was saved when a dog rushed to her aid and chased the animal away.
Rosemary Neal, from western New South Wales, was attacked by a male kangaroo estimated to be up to 2m tall and weighing 100kg as she crossed a field to check her horses, her son Darren said.
“The kangaroo had just jumped up and launched straight at her. He hit her once and she just dropped and rolled,” he said.
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“My dog heard her screaming and bolted down and chased him off. If it wasn’t for the dog she’d probably be dead.”
The 65-year-old woman was taken to hospital after the attack.
“Her face has been ripped apart, her hand has been mauled and she’s got scratches all over her back and a concussion,” Darren Neal said.
The region near the town of Mudgee had been overrun by kangaroos in recent years, he said.
“The whole town has been complaining about these kangaroos. You can’t drive down the street without swerving to miss them,” he said.
(AFP)
澳洲一名老婦人被一隻大袋鼠撞倒攻擊時，一隻狗衝過去救她並趕走了袋鼠。
來自新南威爾斯州西部的蘿絲瑪麗．尼歐，被一隻據估高達兩公尺、重百公斤的雄袋鼠攻擊；她的兒子戴倫表示，他母親當時是要穿越牧場去看她養的馬。
他說：「那隻袋鼠一躍而上，對準她猛烈攻擊。牠踹了她一腳，她就倒在地上打滾。」
「我的狗聽到她尖叫，就衝過去趕走牠。如果不是這隻狗，她可能早就沒命了。」
這位六十五歲的女士遭到攻擊後被送往醫院。
戴倫．尼歐說：「她的臉皮開肉綻、手和整個背部到處都是抓傷，還有腦震盪。」
他說，鄰近馬奇市的這個地區近年來飽受大批袋鼠侵擾。
他說：「全市居民都對這些袋鼠抱怨連連，開車上路都得轉向避開牠們。」
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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