Five-year-old boy savagely mauled by kangaroo in northern NSW

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'I heard the attack and then I saw it – a cloud of dust and a kangaroo mauling my kid to death”. 9News

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A father has been forced to come between his son and a nearly 2m tall kangaroo after the animal attacked the boy in his backyard in northern NSW.

Five-year-old Lewis Dyer was playing with his older brother in their Valla Beach yard when the kangaroo - an Eastern grey male - attacked."I heard the attack and then I saw it – a cloud of dust and a kangaroo mauling my kid to death," Lewis' father Brenton Dyer told 9News.com.au. "I ran as fast as I could and tackled the thing, and it stood up and tried to have a go. I defended myself, and tried to get distance between me, my son, and the roo.""They just went out of their way to get them."

"We back onto a vacant lot, and Lewis would've only been 10 metres from the house. There were a couple of kangaroos and they just gunned for the boys. They were running away, and Lewis was slower.

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Poor little guy he must of been so scared. Cute kid that’s a story he’ll be able to tell Forever !!! Hope he’s ok.

What was he doing alone

Testosterone is a bitch eh? Roos will attack sny male regardless of species at mating time. Dogs usually cop it. Like all overhormonal males, they will fight anyone.

Kangaroos are wild animals. Why was this kid and the roos put in this position

Feel for the family

No one is at fault here, just wrong place at the wrong time for both, glad to hear the boy is ok. We are taking away a lot of bush so wild animals are showing up more in suburbs, maybe dads next job is put up a bigger fence 😊

Pathetic reporting 9 - shame on you... now when some idiot starts culling Roo’s because they’re “killers” whose fault is it? The kid learnt a lesson on wildlife and has a life story to tell!!

Being mauled to death & lucky to save his eyes? Those scratches could off been made by a cat! 😂 I think if a Roo wanted to kill.. it could off..They are inquisitive & looks more like play if the children were running! What do you expect? Put a fence up! 🙄

Click bait. Ch9 reputation seriously going down drain..

Kangaroo took my baby🦘

Sympathise with the family but... We are destroying their natural habitat. We need to be more careful and educate kids on how to be more careful around wild animals.

Maybe people need to treat animals with respect and things like this wouldn’t happen

Very sad for the family

Crap don’t believe it

Only good too is a dead too

Omg poor bubba! 😢 Lucky it didn’t kill him 🙏

“Savagely mauled” sure. Animals don’t attack for the hell of it. What did the kid do

He looks just fine. Its a coming of age story. One day little Lewie will learn how to do that flying crane kick.., sweep the leg. and say something awful about the roos father. Jab Jab, Swing , roundhouse , backfist, jump into pouch and speedbag its liver. Rematch

Another over the top sensationalist headline

The guy said drought is pushing these animals to the brink. Gee, I wonder what could be causing this...

It’s so dry they are looking for food. You should always be careful of them at all times. I live on 1 acre I have Roos here all the time, just don’t approach them or be near them

That’s called negligence of the parents

Listen world...Kangaroos are not as cute as you think they are.

Omg, never heard of a kangaroo mauling anyone before. Kicking YES but not this. Poor little man.

Does he know the definition of 'Mauled'?

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