A WOMAN was saved by her son's dog when she was attacked by a huge male kangaroo on a farm. Rosemary Neal, 65, suffered facial cuts and other injuries when she was attacked yesterday afternoon while checking on horses in a paddock in Mudgee, central-western New South Wales.Her son Darren said she was lucky to be alive after being attacked by the male kangaroo - which he estimated as up to 2m tall and weighing 100kg. "The kangaroo has just jumped up and launched straight at her. He hit her once and she just dropped and rolled. My dog heard her screaming and bolted down and chased him off.
"If it wasn't for the dog she'd probably be dead."
Mr Neal said his mother was in a "bad way", but was discharged from hospital late last night. "My mum is 65 years old and about five and a half foot," he said. "Her face has been ripped apart, her hand has been mauled, and she's got scratches all over her back and concussion.
"Her whole body is sore where she has dropped to the ground."
He said Mudgee was overrun by kangaroos. "There would be a couple of hundred kangaroos within a hundred metres of the house, and last night she was just walking down the paddock to check on the horses before it was dark," he said. "A lot of kangaroos have just bolted, but the males don't care, they just stay laying down, they're not scared."