Brave Australian Man Punches Attacking Kangaroo in the Face to Save His Dogs Life

[Music] during this hunting trip tonkins came upon a terrifying sight his beloved dog max gripped in the headlock of a kangaroo marco festa a national geographic explorer who studies kangaroos stated succinctly that tonkins was in danger of disembowelment he was in danger but tonkins either didn't know or didn't care he knew what he had to do this is a typical scene from the taronga western plain zoo known affectionately as the dubbo zoo in australia it's a place for peaceful observation of animals a place that ostensibly finds the utmost in professional caretakers and zoologists yet in june 2016 one employee of this zoo performed a violent act against an animal in the wild igniting a firestorm of controversy when kangaroos fight each other in nature they fight viciously standing on their hind legs and punching each other with a set of claws as such the image of a boxing kangaroo became a national symbol for australia regrettably this fighting spirit often moved from symbolic to literal as humans boxed unwitting kangaroos for sport and entertainment all of these factors came into play in the story of greg tonkins tonkins pictured here on the far right worked as a zookeeper at the aforementioned taronga western plain zoo animals were a big part of his life he belonged to the australian pig doggers and hunters association here his dog max poses with pride at a high jumping contest in the summer of 2016 in new south wales tonkins took a group of human friends and his pup friend max on a boar hunting trip this trip was particularly special for the person on tonkin's right in this photo that man was caleb barwick a 19 year old suffering from ewing sarcoma a rare form of bone cancer most commonly seen in children and adolescents barwick and his girlfriend brandy wadwell pictured here had set up a gofundme to help offset medical bills tonkin set up the hunting trip in part to lift his spirits during this hunting trip tonkins came upon a terrifying sight his beloved dog max gripped in the headlock of a kangaroo marco festa bianchette geogra a national geographic explorer who studies kangaroos stated succinctly that tonkins was in danger of disembowelment he was in danger but tonkins either didn't know or didn't care he knew what he had to do he punched the kangaroo square in the face effectively saving max as far as is known this was the end of tonkins in the kangaroo's quarrel there's people in social media saying i know men like that i bet they killed it afterwards but that's just ridiculous said one of tonkin's hunting friends he only threw the punch to redirect the animal and afterwards there were a few nervous and relieved laughs and then we just went on with getting kayla matonner as videos of tonkins punching the kangaroo went viral reactions were swift and intense peta australia condemned both tonkin's punch and the initial hunting expedition itself the animal rights organization stated in a facebook post punching a kangaroo in the face is neither brave nor funny it's illegal as is harassing native wildlife with dogs due to personal threats from internet users tonkins became afraid to leave his house it made me sick said tonkin's hunting partner when people were wishing this family man and dog died when the kangaroo wasn't even hurt other cultural reactions were more tongue-in-cheek including the graffiti tribute unfortunately barwick who tonkins had planned the trip for succumbed to the disease on december 1st 2016. a few days earlier on november 27th barwick and wadwell got married in bardwick's hospital room on his gofundme page wadwell marveled at how little the amount of pain barwick experienced seemed to affect his positive attitude what do you think check out the video of tonkin's punching the kangaroo and decide for yourself did tonkins do his duty protecting his dog or did he go too far when he attacked the kangaroo tonkins is not the only person to try and fight an animal out of protective instincts an unnamed woman in liberty isla texas found a large snake crawling near her home she decided to douse it in gasoline and set it ablaze unfortunately she also set her house ablaze she just didn't like snakes i guess said liberty eilau fire chief david wesselhoft in lee county georgia 54 year old larry mcelroy saw an armadillo near his house his response was to draw a nine-millimeter gun and shoot the animal the animal did die but the bullet ricocheted off the shell and into miguel roy's mother-in-law 74 year old carol johnson she was sitting in her recliner in the mobile home about a hundred yards away luckily she sustained no serious injuries professional surfer mark banning was competing in the j bay open in south africa when disaster reared its head in the form of a shark attack i just had this instinct that something was behind me said fanning describing the abrupt arrival of a shark in his path and then all of a sudden i felt like i started getting pulled underwater how did fanning escape danger in his words he punched it in the back this quick thinking attack is in part why fanning was able to escape with just a small scratch on his hand which surfer kelly slater posits from the punch the rest of the event was cancelled shortly after the incident take a look at the entire nerve-wracking shark attack here but be warned the images are intense and the commenters say some koi warranted strong language in alberta canada will gibb took his dog sasha and to a neighborhood tim hortons donut and coffee shop that's when in a flash a cougar emerged from the woods and began attacking sasha gibb acted immediately i saw something wrapped around sasha so i ran up and punched it in the side of the head at this point i realized it was a cougar gibb and sasha did their best to fight off the cougar with gibb continuously punching then the cougar set its sight on i got between him and the cougar and just started swinging and screaming at it said gibb and then i reached down for the closest big stick that i could find and ran back into the trees to go fight the cougar gibb wound up chasing the cougar away and getting his dogs away safe when a bear bounded upon his dog lacy in placer county california carl moore wasn't about to let it intimidate him i ain't running from nothing i never have in my whole life and i ain't gonna start now he said to cbs sacramento moore with the assurance of witness punched the bear in the face sending it on its way it's best to hear more tell the rest of the story himself he's a charismatic figure shading his experience with braggadocio's turns of phrases even if there is a chance he is exaggerating the truth a georgia man named david quarterman took his dog sheba kush and cody out near some water like he always did and then shiba was horrifically grabbed by an alligator who held onto the dog tightly with its jaws quarterman rushed into the water and punched the alligators straight in the eye when the alligator raised up out of the water with my dog in his mouth he looked like something out of a hollywood horror movie said quarterman that adrenaline thing came over me i think most people would have done the same sheba suffered from mild wounds and recovered fully johnny bolton jump kick to bear reads like a bizarre 80s action movie and yet it's real life when bolton's lake tahoe california cabin was broken into by the creature he did a jump kick triggering martial arts training from age 8. this move was enough to startle the bear into leaving i didn't make a decision i just kicked said bolton explaining his instantaneous decision i face death and that's a strange feeling when you do and then you walk away with a big scratch in corpus christi texas jennifer sutcliffe and her unnamed husband found a venomous rattlesnake near their home the husband quickly beheaded the snake with a shovel but when he bent down to pick up the remains the rattlesnake's severed head bit him injecting him with venom they immediately went to the hospital and he recovered