Kangaroo pepper-sprayed after attacking woman

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  1. spider

    spider Very Senior Member

    Updated July 26, 2011 13:38:00



    Police have used capsicum spray to subdue a kangaroo that attacked a 94-year-old woman in her backyard at Charleville in south-west Queensland.
    Senior Sergeant Stephen Perkins says officers were called to the incident on Sunday afternoon.
    "The officers had to use their [capsicum spray] on the kangaroo to avoid being attacked. Once the kangaroo was sprayed it left the immediate area," he said.
    "Quite often dogs do attack police officers and we are forced to use capsicum spray on the dogs to [avoid] being bitten, but never on a kangaroo."
    Phyllis Johnson is recovering in hospital from her ordeal.
    Her son, Rob Johnson, says she was knocked to the ground and kicked several times.
    Mr Johnson says the kangaroo was probably someone's pet and it turned aggressive.
    "It's either got to be put down or penned up in a zoo or something like that," he said.
    The Environment Department says the kangaroo is in a holding facility and will be assessed by a vet today.
    A decision on its fate will be based on the vet's report.
     
  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Piece of Trivia for you. UK Police used to use CS (Chemical Smoke) Spray but dogs are immune to it so they now use Parva Spray which is made from dried chilli's.
     
  3. spider

    spider Very Senior Member

    Cop's crocodile phone call a 'senior moment'

    11:00 AEST Fri Jul 29 2011

    A police dispatch operator had to be convinced a crocodile was walking down a busy street in Cairns yesterday.
    Police radio scanners intercepted the woman operator saying she feared she was having a "senior moment" when a fellow officer told her about the 1.5m croc that emerged from a stormwater drain in far north Queensland.
    "They've got a crocodile on the road here," the unidentified officer at the scene on Mulgrave Road is heard telling the operator.
    "My apologies, is it dead or alive?" the operator replies.
    And after learning the reptile was still very much alive and kicking, the operator said: "I'm just making sure I'm not having a senior moment. It is a crocodile you're talking about, isn't it."
    "Yeah, real deal, crocodile!" came the reply.
    The policeman on the scene and road workers used a broom to contain the croc away after it surfaced about 8am (AEST) yesterday as the road workers were cleaning a drain.
    A wildlife ranger eventually arrived and removed the reptile without incident.
    The croc is currently being held at a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service facility and will be relocated to a suitable zoo or crocodile farm, a Department of Environment and Resource Management spokesman said.


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  4. Blutto

    Blutto Banned

    A squeezey bottle full of ground up hot chilli solution works well too.
     

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