Seen that viral video of man punching a kangaroo in Australia over the weekend? Turns out there's quite the saga behind it. It's all very intense. 
 
 The video was first shared on the Facebook page of user Steven Stubenraugh, where it's since received 3.8 million views at the time of writing. 
 
 The video shows a man running toward a kangaroo, which has a dog in a headlock. 
 
 The man confronts the kangaroo, who then lets go of the dog after a struggle. Then out of nowhere, the dude gives the kangaroo a punch in the face. 
 
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 There's been discussion over whether the footage is fake or not, and of course, over whether it's okay to punch an animal in the face in self defence. 
 
 It turns out the footage was from a "final" wild pig-hunting trip for a young man named Kailem, who died from cancer last week, according to news.com.au. 
 
 "Basically Kailem wanted to catch a boar," trip-organiser Mathew Amor told the news outlet. 
 
 "And so a few of us got together to take him out, and another mate filmed more than an hour of video to put together as a DVD for Kailem and his family of the trip." 
 
 The man who actually punched the kangaroo is only known as "Goo," and has kept quiet due to having a "good government job." 
 
 However Daily Mail say they have identified the man as a zookeeper, working in the elephant enclosure at Taronga Western Plains Zoo — which, if true, would add yet another layer of strangeness to the whole story. 
 
 By the way, the dog is fine thanks to its breastplate — used to protect it from boar tusks. 
 
 "My mate only stunned it," Amor said. "His hand was OK, he didn't hit it very hard at all. It was funny because the guy who did it is the most placid bloke. We laughed at him for chucking such a sh*t punch." 
 
 Yep, Australia is as wild as you think it is. ||||| Victorian man charged as brutal attack on kangaroo goes viral on Chinese social media 
 
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 A 43-year-old man has been charged with destroying protected wildlife after the brutal killing of a kangaroo went viral on social media. 
 
 A video posted on Chinese instant messaging service QQ showed a man approaching a kangaroo, which appeared to have been shot or injured. 
 
 The man repeatedly slashed at its throat with a knife, until the animal appeared to die. 
 
 The video showed the man speaking to the kangaroo in Chinese. 
 
 "Just face it, that's your fate, let me finish this as early as I can," he said. 
 
 The gory video appeared to have been filmed on a smartphone and has had 3.7 million views on the site. 
 
 Comments and reactions to the video have condemned the violence. 
 
 "People shouldn't treat animals in that way by any reason, and shouldn't post video like this… hoping he will be punished by Australian law, and willing to see the coverage about this case in future," they said. 
 
 "It's a shame to have compatriots like them." 
 
 Eastern Grey kangaroos are protected wildlife and hunting them is illegal. 
 
 Victoria's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) said a the man was arrested on Wednesday night and was charged with one count of destroying protected wildlife. 
 
 Officers also seized firearms, knives and mobile phones from the property at Ringwood, in Melbourne's east. 
 
 'Abhorrent' offences in video 
 
 The department's manager of compliance operations, Glenn Sharp, said allegations of animal cruelty are taken seriously. 
 
 "The wildlife offences captured in this video are particularly abhorrent," he said. 
 
 "It's pretty gruesome actually and pretty horrific that someone thinks that kind of action is acceptable." 
 
 The video was brought to the attention of wildlife officers by members of the public. 
 
 Mr Sharp said he hoped the wide dissemination of the video would spread the message that cruelty to animals was unacceptable. 
 
 "Unfortunately sometimes videos get played and played by that many people for the wrong reasons, but hopefully this one can have the right message come out of it," he said. 
 
 "If we can reach back to that same number of people with the message of a person has been arrested, a person is facing charges and this is illegal to do, then that would be even better." 
 
 The man was bailed and will face the Ringwood Magistrates Court at a later date. 
 
 DELWP said it was continuing to investigate other people who may have been involved in the attack. 
 
 The penalties for destroying protected wildlife can be up to $38,000 in fines and six to 24 months in jail. 
 
 Topics: animal-attacks, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, animals, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, ringwood-3134 
 
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– Did a now-viral video of a man punching a kangaroo come out of Australia? Yes, of course. Should we be judging him for it? It depends on how you feel about dogs. The video, which has amassed more than 4.1 million views so far, was first posted on Facebook Saturday by Steven Stubenrauch, who said he got it from a buddy from Down Under. But while the shot to the 'roo's face is indeed cringeworthy, Mashable explains there's a "saga behind it," and it's "very intense." The man in the video, IDed by News.com.au as Greig Tonkins—nicknamed "Goo," meaning this fight could be deemed "Goo vs. 'Roo," as NineNews.com.au astutely notes—was part of a hunting trip in June for a friend named Kailem, who was in bad shape from cancer and wanted desperately to go on a boar-hunting trip with friends. And so Mathew Amor invited Kailem and some other friends, including Tonkins (who it turns out is a zookeeper), to his New South Wales property for the hunt, and while they were gallivanting about, the featured kangaroo reached out, grabbed Tonkins' dog Max, and put the pup in a headlock. And so Tonkins jumped into action, throwing the punch now seen 'round the world. Everyone turned out to be fine: Amor says Max was startled but OK, the kangaroo was simply "stunned," and Tonkins came away unscathed because he didn't throw that hard of a punch. "It was funny because the guy who did it is the most placid bloke," Amor says. "We laughed at him for chucking such a s--- punch." Sadly, Kailem died last week, but Amor says he'd "be looking down from up there [heaven] and laughing because it was the highlight of the trip." (A cyclist says a kangaroo ruined her breast implants.)