An orphaned kangaroo adopted by a police officer in outback Western Australia has survived being abducted by a wedge-tailed eagle.

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The six-month-old kangaroo was in a yard at the remote Burringurrah Community Police Station on Wednesday when the eagle swooped in, lifted him over the two-metre high fence and carried him away.

Named Cuejo, the red kangaroo was adopted by Cue Police's Constable Scott Mason after its mother was hit and killed by a truck in early March.

Constable Mason was on police duties at Burringurrah when he witnessed the eagle swoop.

"I ended up chasing after him and the eagle," he said.

"A short distance away the eagle landed with Cuejo and another eagle, which was circling over as well, started pecking or having a go at Cuejo.

"I managed to scare the eagles away, and then Cuejo got up and obviously being frightened he started running away again," Constable Mason said.

The eagles, who were circling above, saw Cuejo running away and began to chase him down again, putting Constable Mason in pursuit as well.

"I finally caught up with him a few hundred metres down the way and found out that he was bleeding quite heavily," he said.

"He has a puncture wound to his chest and another puncture wound to his face, as well as heaps of fur pulled off the back of his neck."

Cuejo is having a high-vis uniform made up for when he accompanies Constable Mason on police duties. ( Twitter: Cue Police )

Constable Mason said he had to call upon his paramedic background to treat the injuries.

"Being out in Burringurrah there's nothing available — no vets — so I went to the nursing post and got a whole lot of Betadine, sutures and everything that we could utilise," he said.

"I made several phone calls to vets in Geraldton and back in Cue to the people that assist me in looking after Cuejo ... with their help and guidance we managed to stem the bleeding and now he seems to be slowly recovering."

"He's just started getting back up and is feeding, he hasn't fully recovered."

Constable Mason said he would take Cuejo — who weighs nearly four kilograms — to Perth in the next few days for a veterinarian check-up.

Before the eagle incident, the kangaroo had settled into police station life and was often seen hopping along behind Constable Mason.

The kangaroo often accompanies him on police duties, and a high-vis uniform is being made for him.