In order to stop paramedics from attempting to help the dying man, a murderous kangaroo mauled its owner before keeping watch over the corpse.
Peter Eades, a 77-year-old alpaca grower, was fatally injured on Sunday when his pet roo suddenly turned on him. The roo then launched a vicious assault.
The angry kangaroo prevented the paramedics who were summoned to Mr. Eades’s remote ranch in Redmond in southern Western Australia from getting to him.
Police had to shoot the kangaroo to death, but Mr. Eades unfortunately died at the spot from his wounds.
It is thought to be the country’s first deadly roo assault since 1936.
Alpaca breeder Peter Eades, 77, was killed when his pet roo suddenly turned on him, unleashing a violent attack which left the elderly man mortally wounded
‘The kangaroo was posing an ongoing threat to emergency responders and the attending officers were required to euthanize the kangaroo by firearm,’ a spokesman said.
Emergency services are yet to release specific details of the Mr Eades’ injuries.
Mr Eades was a renowned animal lover who refused to sell his alpacas for meat and often rescued the animals from owners who could no longer cope with them.
Locals revealed the grandfather had hand-reared his pet kangaroo from a joey after adopting it three years ago.
The devoted animal lover had already dug his own grave in a home-made cemetery so he could be buried with his precious pets.
Mr Eades revealed five years ago that he had created the burial ground on his land for all his beloved alpacas when they died.
Each one was commemorated with a headstone or a cross bearing their name, and he had even dug a spot for himself alongside his favourite alpaca, Claudia.
Paramedics called to the rural homestead near Redmond in southern Western Australia were unable to reach the elderly man because of the aggressive kangaroo (stock image pictured)
The devoted animal lover had already dug his own grave in a home-made cemetery so he could be buried with his precious pets
He started his Agonis Alpaca stud in 1997, 25 north west of Albany, with a 60-head flock, each individually named.
He retired in recent years but had kept the alpacas as treasured pets.
Around 20 of the animals were buried in his paddock cemetery, including his favourite Claudia who died 20 years ago, breaking Mr Eades’s heart.
‘She was the most beautiful animal, extremely affectionate,’ he told the ABC in 2017. ‘She would sit alongside me and put her head in my lap and go to sleep.
‘I put the headstones as a memento to them. People get buried, lots of dog owners bury their animals and have little emblems for them.
‘I dug my grave here as well.’
He added: ‘My feeling for alpacas is such that I started doing it and I just carry on doing it. I’m a bit different.
‘I love my animals very much.’