Wallaby mauls girl in surprise attack

By Laura Stace, News Limited newspapers
November 20, 2009

• Girl attacked by wallaby
• Wallaby had girls head in mouth
• Girl an 'animal lover'

A TWO-year-old girl has been savagely attacked by a wallaby at White Rock.

The Cairns Post reports Tamar Hutchins and her daughter Susan were feeding their horses on a property they rent when the wallaby sprang from the bushes and attacked late on Tuesday.

"It had her head in its mouth and was slamming its back legs into her repeatedly," Ms Hutchins said.

"If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have ever believed it."

Ms Hutchins said her daughter was an animal lover but she feared the incident would change that.

"I have taken her back to the spot where the attack happened, and she stayed really close to me," she said.

Ms Hutchins said the wounds on her daughter’s body covered the left side of her body and face.

"We are so lucky the wallaby missed her eye or did not break her ribs," she said.

A nine-year-old boy was attacked by a metre-tall wallaby in September last year, sparking calls for the animals to be culled to protect residents.

Read more on the savage wallaby attack at the The Cairns Post.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26375384-421,00.html

(Submitted by Peter)