Kangaroos believed to be behind two attacks in two days

Two people have been hospitalised following separate animal attacks in Victoria in just two days, with kangaroos thought to be the culprits in both cases.

Two people have been hospitalised following separate animal attacks in Victoria over the past two days.

Kangaroos are believed to be the animals involved in both cases.

The first victim was a woman attacked in Waterford Park, 62km north of Melbourne, about 9am on Monday.

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A kangaroo mob in Epping last year. Picture: Hamish Blair

This kangaroo makes a regular twilight appearance searching for food at Norfolk Ave, Epping. Picture: Carmelo Bazzano

She was taken to the Northern Hospital with minor injuries to her shoulder and legs.

A second victim was struck down by an animal, thought to be another roo, just before 11am in Grantville, 100km southeast of Melbourne.

Paramedics treated the injured person before they were taken to the Casey Hospital.

Their condition is not yet known.

Melbourne’s dry start to the year has also seen hordes of hungry kangaroos making their way into suburban yards and roadsides.

The city’s outer north has been worst hit, with wildlife rescuers being called out for roos being hit by cars several times a day, including in suburbs such as Doreen and South Morang.

The attacks come just two weeks after a man was killed and another woman critically injured when their pet deer attacked them.

Mandi and Paul McDonald. Picture: supplied

The male deer turned on Mandi McDonald when she rushed to help her husband Paul, who had already been attacked in the enclosure at their home near Wangaratta on April 17.

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