Woman killed by rooster as she collected eggs from her backyard chicken coop
A WOMAN was killed after receiving a fatal peck from her pet rooster in a backyard chicken coop.
The victim died after she was attacked while collecting eggs in southern Australia, it's been reported.The rooster punctured a varicose vein in the elderly lady's body - causing her to bleed out. Her name and age have not been revealed by the authorities to avoid causing her family further distress.Adelaide University forensics expert Professor Roger Byard said another woman also died when a cat scratched her leg.
Professor Byard, who has been studying animal-related deaths, said he hopes to help doctors conducting post-mortems and to warn people about hidden dangers. "Most importantly I'm trying to get elderly people have varicose veins treated with a simple operation because they are especially vulnerable to being broken," he told
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