The animal-rights group PETA has asked Gov. Henry McMaster to ban “direct contact with wild and exotic animals in South ...

Loris-area kangaroo owner Robert Slate of 5 Star Farm said his brother Eric Slate loved their kangaroo Jack and wasn't ...

Authorities in South Carolina are investigating the death of 52-year-old Eric Slate, who suffered fatal blunt-force injuries while inside a kangaroo enclosure at a children’s petting zoo in Horry ...

In recent weeks, Eric Slate gave up going to the gym or other hobbies that his family were accustomed to. Instead, he’d spend ...

It’s not an aggressive animal. It’s very sad… It was not the animal’s fault,” local Councilmember Mark Causey said.

A shocking death of a man killed by a kangaroo made headlines this week after a petting zoo worker tried to 'roughhouse' the animal in its enclosure, but what should you do if you're attacked by one?

A man was found dead in a wallabies and kangaroo enclosure on Friday, May 9, in South Carolina The victim was reportedly identified as 52-year-old Eric Slate, a relative of the animal's owner, Robert ...