There were five fatal attacks this year, two of which were confirmed to be unprovoked. Rattlesnake attacks are always defensive. Apart from road deaths caused by hitting or swerving to miss kangaroos, the only reliably documented case of a fatality from a kangaroo attack occurred in New South Wales in 1936. After the introduction in 2013 of a Pet Food Trial in Victoria (now being assessed), landholders can contract commercial shooters to kill and remove kangaroos shot under the ATCWS. Prior to 2013 some 40,000 to 60,000 kangaroos would be killed each year, and the majority of these kangaroo carcasses were buried or left onsite. Up to 40 per cent of shot kangaroos suffer horrific injuries rather than immediate death Indievillage The multimillion-dollar industry killing off Australia’s kangaroos The 2019 worldwide total of 64 confirmed unprovoked cases were lower than the most recent five-year (2014-2018) average of 82 incidents annually. Estimates of Australia's kangaroo population vary between 30 and 60 million. Around 160 joeys are rescued by Upper Hunter Valley Wildlife Aid each year from their dead mothers’ pouches. However, only 14.5% of Australians were reported in 2008 as eating kangaroo meat at least four times per year. A hunter was killed when he tried to rescue his two dogs from a heated fray. The estimated incidence of snakebites annually in Australia is between 3 and 18 per 100,000 with an average mortality rate of 0.03 per 100,000 per year, or roughly 1 to 2 persons, down from 13 persons per year in the 1920s. Most rattlesnake related deaths … This number is in line with the annual global average of four fatalities per year. The kangaroo shooting industry’s code of practice states that the animals must be killed with a single shot to the head, which would lead to a death that is instantaneous, or close to it. They can be spotted in the wild in most rural parts of Australia. But a report commissioned by the Australian government showed that at least 100,000 kangaroos die each year after shots to other parts of the body. They are usually young children that do not get medical attention right away. Over the past five years, three people have died on average each year, while just one person died on average during the preceding 16 years, from 1995-2010. Australia to cull more than a million kangaroos this year. Kangaroo was once limited in availability, although consumption in Australia is becoming more widespread. The vast majority of venomous snakebites in Australasia occur in the Australasian realm.At least 300 envenomations occur each year in Papua New Guinea, 30 in the Solomon Islands, and 10 Vanuatu. Rattlesnakes carry venom that kill 5.5 people per year. And while it is true that the victims of exotic pet attacks are the owners, as in the bear and kangaroo attacks, they are not the only ones at risk. 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