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  • US 'Aussie' show knocks a kangaroo around for laughs

    03/05/2010 4:32:55 PM PST · by myknowledge · 18 replies · 691+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | March 6, 2010 | Chelsea White
    IT IS an image that will leave every Australian sick to the stomach. Our national mascot dressed in shorts and boxing gloves with a rope tied around its chest, goaded into boxing with a human clown. One of Australia's most iconic symbols is reduced to a cruel and insulting comedy act - all in front of an audience cheering for more. Welcome to BorderFest - a US festival in Hidalgo, Texas, designed to "celebrate" all things Australian.
  • US festival 'uses roo in boxing show'

    03/05/2010 4:21:07 PM PST · by myknowledge · 8 replies · 351+ views
    Nine News ^ | March 6, 2010
    A red kangaroo that is goaded into fighting a human clown is the star attraction at a festival in the US designed to celebrate Australia. The Daily Telegraph reports that the BorderFest festival in Hidalgo, Texas, features an event called Rocky Show Circus, involving two kangaroos and their owner, Javier Martinez, who dons the clownsuit. The festival is sponsored by Kraft, the US owners of Vegemite. The report says Mr Martinez baits the kangaroo by pushing it and poking it before placing it in a headlock. If Rocky fights back too much, Mr Martinez's wife Sandra restrains it using a...