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PETA asks McMaster to ban ‘direct contact’ with exotic animals in wake of Horry County man’s death in farm’s kangaroo enclosure
The animal-rights group PETA has asked Gov. Henry McMaster to ban “direct contact with wild and exotic animals in South ...
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News13 Exclusive: Loris farm owner says kangaroo, brother had close bond at time of man’s death
In recent weeks, Eric Slate gave up going to the gym or other hobbies that his family were accustomed to. Instead, he’d spend ...
South Carolina petting zoo worker apparently killed by kangaroo after stepping into its pen to ‘roughhouse’ with it
It’s not an aggressive animal. It’s very sad… It was not the animal’s fault,” local Councilmember Mark Causey said.
'They had bonded': SC kangaroo owner says brother cared for animal before his death in its pen
Loris-area kangaroo owner Robert Slate of 5 Star Farm said his brother Eric Slate loved their kangaroo Jack and wasn't ...
Man, 52, Dead with 'Multiple Blunt Force Injuries' After Suspected Animal Attack in Enclosure at S.C. Zoo
A man was found deceased in a wallabies and kangaroo enclosure in an 'apparent animal-related incident' off Highway 746 near Loris, South Carolina, on Friday, May 9, the Horry County Police Department ...
Man found dead inside kangaroo, wallaby enclosure with ‘multiple blunt force injuries,’ Horry County police say
A 52-year-old man was found dead inside a wallaby and kangaroo enclosure with “multiple blunt force injuries,” at a Highway ...
Kangaroo Kills Man at Petting Zoo
Eric Slate was found with "multiple blunt injuries" inside the enclosure, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard ...