A ZOO worker has been battered to death by a kangaroo – after he climbed into its pen to “roughhouse” with it. Eric Slate, ...

Eric Slate, 52, was found dead in a kangaroo and wallaby enclosure at a South Carolina petting zoo. He reportedly had a ...

A 56-year-old zoo employee who was known to "roughhouse" with a kangaroo was found dead in their enclosure last week, covered ...

Eric Slate was found with "multiple blunt injuries" inside the enclosure, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard ...

Most people know Australia is overflowing with deadly animals you don't want to encounter, but kangaroos aren't typically ...

Officials from Horry County, South Carolina, have suggested Eric Slate - who was known to 'roughhouse' with animals - died ...

It’s not an aggressive animal. It’s very sad… It was not the animal’s fault,” local Councilmember Mark Causey said.

Eric Slate, 52, was found dead inside the wallaby and kangaroo enclosure at the 5 Star Farm in Loris, South Carolina.

The brother of a South Carolina petting zoo owner was apparently beaten to death by a kangaroo after possibly going into the ...