Pet kangaroo hailed for saving farmer

A partially-blind kangaroo was hailed a hero today after helping rescue a farmer who suffered serious head injuries when he was hit by a falling branch.

The pet kangaroo banged on the door of the family’s house in Morwell in Gippsland, south east Australia, after discovering the farmer lying unconscious in a field, Rural Ambulance Victoria paramedic Eddie Wright told radio station 3AW.