A lady has been hospitalised after being focused by a kangaroo at a preferred Gold Coastgolf membership, the place different golfers have reported ongoing assaults.
Mary Kohler, 64, was taking part in golf with a gaggle of mates when a kangaroo attacked her on the Arundel Hills Nation Membership two weeks in the past, leaving her with bleeding gashes alongside her neck and again.
"I might really feel the pounding and the scratching," Kohler mentioned.
"I used to be screaming for assist... my taking part in companions heard my cries and rushed to assist.
"One in all my girlfriends jumped out of the cart with a golf membership and pounded the kangaroo off my again.
"It was fairly terrifying. At this stage I did not realise the extent of my accidents."
Employees on the golf membership confirmed the kangaroos have been getting out of hand, with extra golfers compelled to fend the animals off with their golf equipment.
In a video posted to Fb, a membership member is heard telling workers in regards to the ongoing assaults.
"A roo has attacked 15 individuals now," he's heard saying.
"It is nonetheless on the market.
"What are you going to do, let a roo preserve attacking individuals? What if it assaults a child and kills it?"
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Members mentioned regardless of ongoing complaints to the membership over the previous few years, nothing has been achieved in regards to the kangaroos.
Whereas the membership has indicators warnings golfers to not method the kangaroos, they seem in massive numbers all through the course.
9News reached out to the Arundel Hills Nation Membership for remark however they didn't reply.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife say the membership is non-public property, nonetheless they've notified the membership they have to name animal specialists to relocate any harmful kangaroos.