Sunday, May 11, 2025

The Kangaroo was roughhousing too....


South Carolina petting zoo worker apparently killed by kangaroo after stepping into its pen to ‘roughhouse’ with it


The brother of a South Carolina petting zoo owner was apparently beaten to death by a kangaroo after possibly going into the Aussie animal’s pen to “roughhouse” with it, authorities said. 

Eric Slate’s body was discovered inside the facility just before midnight on Friday night at 5-Star Farm near Loris — about 30 miles north of Myrtle Beach, the Horry County Coroner’s Office said.

Slate, 52, had a “history” of stepping into the kangaroo enclosure and “roughhousing” with it, which is what was happening at the time of his death, local council member Mark Causey told News13.

The 5-Star Farm recently posted a picture of a kangaroo named Mr. Jack, but it’s not clear whether he was the animal that killed Eric Slate. Star Farm/Facebook

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