IT IS an image that will leave every Australian sick to the stomach.
Welcome to BorderFest - a US festival in Hidalgo, Texas, designed to "celebrate" all things Australian.
A festival sponsor is Kraft, US owners of another Aussie icon Vegemite. Pepsi sponsors the show itself and the festival website has a Tourism Australia logo and link.
The "Rocky Show Circus" runs at least twice a day, starring two kangaroos and their owner Javier Martinez, who also dons the clownsuit.
Mr Martinez baits the kangaroo by pushing it and repeatedly jabs at it before placing it in a headlock.
If Rocky fights back too much Mr Martinez's wife Sandra restrains the kangaroo using a heavy tether attached to a harness around the animal's chest.
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