Man slashed by kangaroo while trying to rescue dog

Chris Rickard, 49, said he was walking his blue heeler, Rocky, on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek northeast of Melbourne. The dog chased the animal into a pond but it then turned and pinned the pet underwater.

When Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its hind legs and tearing 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,” Rickard told The Herald Sun newspaper. “It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5 feet high, they don't go around killing people.”

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

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