Australian police officer saves adopted kangaroo from giant eagle

Officer Scott Mason was in shock when he first saw a giant eagle swoop down and pick up Cuejoe.

Cuejoe is the young kangaroo who was recently adopted and nursed back to health by Officer Mason in March, reports the Washington Post.

The tiny marsupial was found inside his mother’s pouch after she was tragically struck and killed by a car.

Since that day, Cuejoe has become a social media darling and mascot for the police force of Burringurrah, Australia.

Officer Mason can be seen in pictures holding the orphaned kangaroo in his shirt, having obviously grown very affectionate of the tiny critter.

He immediately took action after a wedge-tailed eagle, with a wingspan measuring seven-feet-wide, suddenly snatched his kangaroo companion in its talons.

The eagle flew over the fence of the police station courtyard where Cuejoe had been resting and took off into the bush.

As Mason raced after the large bird, another eagle swooped in to join in on what would of been an easy meal for the two feathered predators.

When Mason finally caught up to the eagles, they had already begun pecking and attacking Cuejoe, but luckily they were chased off before it was too late.

“He had a puncture wound to his chest and his face, and several patches of hair missing,” said Mason.

The nearest vet was over five hours away, so Mason was forced to rely on his paramedic training, once again nursing the orphaned kangaroo.

Cuejoe is now on the path to recovery and has begun eating again since his near fatal run-in with the fearsome predators.

The two eagles perched outside the police station for two days, then finally gave up and flew away.