WILD NATURE
May 5, 2016
Rob Verger

Cop saves baby kangaroo from eagle's clutches







Late last month, a police officer in western Australia rescued an adopted baby kangaroo— an adorable joey named Cuejoe he had been caring for— after an eagle carried it away.

Cuejoe made its way to the police in March, after it was orphaned when a car killed its mother. The joey found a new parent in Scott Mason, a constable in Cue, Australia. Twitter posts from the Cue Police show Mason bottle-feeding Cuejoe, who is also seen hanging out in a cooler.

Lunch time with Dad (or Mum) #fb pic.twitter.com/YdgI7yEOVZ
— Cue Police (@Cue_Pol) March 14, 2016

Cuejo's motorhome. Pc Mason is the motor. #fb pic.twitter.com/rD5S0qrDzT
— Cue Police (@Cue_Pol) March 30, 2016

In a video posted on the Western Australia Police’s Facebook page on March 10, Mason explained that Cuejoe was about four months old. The video shows the kangaroo climbing into the officer’s shirt and hopping along behind him.

But things took a turn for the worse in late April, when Mason and Cuejoe were at an Aboriginal community called Burringurrah.

“On Wednesday the 27th April, Cuejoe was in the rear of the Burringurrah station yard, stretching his legs while Constable Mason was working,” Susan Usher, a media liaison officer for the Western Australia police, explained in an email to FoxNews.com.

A sizable wedge-tailed eagle “swooped down and picked up Cuejoe, carrying him out of the police yard,” Usher wrote.

The eagle had landed nearby with Cuejoe, and another eagle had descended, too. Mason ran over, scaring the eagles away, saving the adopted joey.

But Cuejoe was not unscathed.

“As a result of the incident, Cuejoe received talon wounds to his chest and face,” Usher wrote. “He received medical treatment at Burringurrah and is [recovering] well.”

Usher reports that both Cuejoe and Mason are now back in the town of Cue. Here’s hoping that Cuejoe continues to happily hop along and thrive.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/05/05/cop-saves-baby-kangaroo-from-eagles-clutches.html?cmpid=NL_SciTech/ * Embedded links & Twitter posts *

how many ways to die in Australia...

Then there you have Crocs,some of the most poisonous Snakes on Earth,and sundry other venomous Critters!

In other "Cop saves..." news....





"'A New York State conversation cop saved a deer (pictured above) that was literally caught in a head light
Upon arrival, Officer spotted the deer about 20 yards from the road in a housing development.
Officer Hull approached the deer, but on his first attempt, ‘the wet globe slipped out of his hands.’
Unable to see, the deer then ran into a nearby downed tree and fell down, the department said.
But then, Officer Hull threw his coat over the globe and grabbed it with both arms ‘as the deer kicked and struggled to break free.’
At this point, the deer managed to slip its head out of the globe and ran off into the woods.
‘ECO Hull was left with a good story and a few bruises, but his integrity intact,’ the department added.""
http://www.floridanewsgrio.com/news/world/127503-new-york-conservation-cop-saves-deer-after-getting-its-head-stuck-in-a-light-globe.html

and even the little roo could grow up to kill people...

http://home.bt.com/news/odd-news/meet-roger-the-14st-muscle-bound-kangaroo-who-likes-kickboxing-and-crushing-metal-11363984936851