Wildlife rescue volunteers fear contaminated flood waters could be linked to kangaroo deaths

Environmental protection agency says E coli and other contaminants are within safe levels but warn residents not to enter or drink flood waters

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Wildlife rescue volunteers working along the Murray River have raised concerns that kangaroos could be dying after drinking contaminated flood water.

The alarm was raised after one-fifth of a population of kangaroos that have been trapped for three weeks on an island near Moama, on the New South Wales side of the border, died despite being an apparently healthy weight.

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