BERLIN, September 9, 2008 (AFP) - A rogue kangaroo boxed its way out of its enclosure in a small German town and set off a chase with baffled emergency responders, the local fire brigade said Tuesday.

'I must be dreaming,' fire chief Thomas Glatz said when he was alerted by a local resident that a young kangaroo was on the loose in Siegburg town, authorities said in a statement.

SYDNEY, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - An elderly Australian woman knocked over and savaged by a large kangaroo on her farm was saved when a dog rushed to her aid and chased the animal away, her son said Saturday.

CANBERRA, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's international image will not be damaged by a controversial cull of wild kangaroos on government land in the capital, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Tuesday.

Asked whether killing the hopping marsupials, which appear on the country's coat of arms, would harm Australia's reputation, Smith said: 'No, I don't think it will.'

SYDNEY, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - A controversial kangaroo cull began at an Australian military site in the national capital Canberra Monday, an animal welfare group said.

The RSPCA said its inspectors had confirmed the killings were being carried out in accordance with appropriate guidelines.

SYDNEY, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney will be asked to to help save hundreds of kangaroos from being killed in Australia, animal rights activists said Monday.

The campaigners are hoping the multi-millionaire star, who is a member of an animal rights group that has opposed the cull, will help fund a plan to relocate the kangaroos instead of killing them.

SYDNEY, May 17, 2008 (AFP) - Hundreds of kangaroos will be culled at a former naval site near the Australian capital after the defence department said plans to relocate the animals fell through.

The department called off the cull of about 400 eastern grey kangaroos earlier this year after a public outcry, but said it now had no option but to call in contractors to kill the animals.

SYDNEY, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Hundreds of kangaroos at an Australian defence site have won a reprieve from death, after officials said they have halted a proposed cull, and will instead move them off the land by other means.

SYDNEY, March 14, 2008 (AFP) - Most Australians have eaten kangaroo meat and the best way of getting them to eat more of the national animal is to turn it into pies, mince and gourmet deli meat, researchers have found.

SYDNEY, March 12, 2008 (AFP) - Australian animal rights activists vowed Wednesday to prevent the planned killing of more than 400 kangaroos on defence department land after the government refused to intervene.

SYDNEY, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - A 25-million-year-old fossil has revealed that a predecessor of Australia's iconic hopping kangaroo once galloped on all fours, had dog-like fangs and possibly climbed trees, scientists have reported.

SYDNEY, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - A 25-million-year-old fossil has revealed that a predecessor of Australia's iconic hopping kangaroo once galloped on all fours, had dog-like fangs and possibly climbed trees, scientists have reported.

SYDNEY, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.

SYDNEY, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.

LOS ANGELES, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - California`s high court has decided that football shoes made from kangaroo leather cannot be sold in the state, rejecting arguments from sportswear giant Adidas.

Lawyers for Adidas held that the state ban on kangaroo products was in conflict with a US federal law that allows for imports of some kangaroo-skin items.