I be intimate very small about Australia , aside from the fact that it ’s essentially a weirder United States with aferal cat problem . But I ’m familiar enough to know that Australian law resuscitating a drown kangaroo with CPR at the beach is about as Australian as it get .
The Agence France - Pressereportsthat Australian police were called to Melbourne ’s Safety Beach on Sunday to rescue a kangaroo in the ocean . It had reached the safe of the sand and was swaddle in a mantle by the time the fuzz arrive , but it soon headed back into the water . Typically kangaroo are ok swimmers , but this one struggled in the wave and eventually became unconscious . Two constabulary officers entered the water and resuscitate the ‘ roo using CPR .
No , the officer did not perform back talk - to - oral cavity resuscitation — they just provide thorax contraction , according to the AFP report — but even mentioning such an act has already conjured the upsetting range of a function in my head .
The kangaroo is now doing fine , concord to the AFP .
Australian pinch worker are no stranger to helping animal in hurt . You may call back the viral video from 2009 of an Australian military volunteer firefighter give pee to Sam , an injured kangaroo bear . Though that story was heartwarming and institute more than $ 2 million in donation to the Australian Koala Foundation , it train an tremendous bell on the unpaid worker firefighter , who terminate uplosing his Clarence Shepard Day Jr. jobin the backlash .
Anyway , I ’m happy the kangaroo is alive and not drowned . I further hope , for the officers ’ interest , that no photos go forth from the incident , but I would love to see them if they exist , of course .
[ AFP viaphys.org ]
rectification : Despite the fireman ’s title to the Guardian , the Australian Koala Foundation email Gizmodo to say that it did not receive $ 2 million dollars in donations after the viral picture , as report in the Guardian fib and as antecedently cite in the Gizmodo story . We have update the billet and regret the erroneousness .
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