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South Carolina petting zoo worker apparently killed by kangaroo after stepping into its pen to ‘roughhouse’ with it
It’s not an aggressive animal. It’s very sad… It was not the animal’s fault,” local Councilmember Mark Causey said.
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South Carolina Zoo Worker Killed By Animal You Would Never Expect
Image via Shutterstock A South Carolina zoo worker has tragically died after running afoul of an animal you probably wouldn't ...
PETA asks McMaster to ban ‘direct contact’ with exotic animals in wake of Horry County man’s death in farm’s kangaroo enclosure
The animal-rights group PETA has asked Gov. Henry McMaster to ban “direct contact with wild and exotic animals in South ...
'They had bonded': SC kangaroo owner says brother cared for animal before his death in its pen
Loris-area kangaroo owner Robert Slate of 5 Star Farm said his brother Eric Slate loved their kangaroo Jack and wasn't ...
Kangaroo Kills Man at Petting Zoo
Eric Slate was found with "multiple blunt injuries" inside the enclosure, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard ...