A ZOO worker has been battered to death by a kangaroo – after he climbed into its pen to “roughhouse”;; with it.

Eric Slate’s beaten up body was discovered at 5-Star Farm near Loris, South Carolina, according to cops.

Kangaroo named Mr. Jack at 5-Star Farm.A zoo worker has been beaten to death by a kangarooKangaroo in grassy enclosure.The victim had a ‘history’ of getting into the enclosure with the animal

Slate, who was the brother of the petting zoo owner, had a “history”;; of stepping into the enclosure with the animal according to local media.

The 52-year-old was reportedly “roughhousing”;; with the kangaroo at the time of his death on Friday.

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