Woman Walking Her Dog Nearly 'Disemboweled' After Freak Kangaroo Attack In Australia

An Australian woman needed 25 stitches to close the wound on her face after she was viciously attacked by a male kangaroo.

The freak incident happened when Dina, who declined to reveal her last name, was walking her pet dog along a popular walking trail at Federation Hill in Wodonga, Victoria.

She had just let her pet off its leash when it suddenly chased a large male kangaroo. Dina tried to intervene, but was attacked instead, according to 9News.

Dina said she ran up the embankment to get her dog but she didn't realize that she was only “three to four meters away from the roo.”

“And that's when I sensed the roo was panicking and thinking 'I'm being attacked on all sides',” she pointed.

As soon as Dina turned around, the kangaroo attacked her from behind and knocked her down and then gouged the back of her leg.

“I know now if I hadn't turned around, I would probably have been disemboweled,” she said.

Dina also recalled that the beast pounded and jumped on her. She sensed that she was no match against the beast, so she played dead until the attack ended, reported News.com.au.

The tactic worked and the kangaroo ceased its attacked. Passersby helped Dina “put pressure on her wounds” and waited for the ambulance to arrive.

Dina required 25 stitches to close the gaping wound on her face and had to undergo surgery to repair the injuries on her leg. She also suffered multiple scratches on her arms, legs and back from the attack.

Despite the vicious altercation and the fact that the kangaroo nearly gouged her eye out, Dina doesn't blame the animal.

“If anything, we're encroaching on their ecology. I could sense his panic, I really felt for him the poor thing,” she said.

Councilor Danny Lowe, meanwhile, advised dog owners to keep their pets on leashes while being vigilant at the same time.

“Lack of feed and lack of water is bringing them in closer to residential areas,” he said, adding that kangaroos are territorial wild animals and will defend themselves.

Dina, who is expected to fully recover from her injuries, said that people should respect animals and their habitat instead of fearing them.