Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 FONTANA, Calif. - A wayward wallaby was captured Tuesday after hopping into a backyard in this San Bernardino County suburb about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, authorities said. Someone called police at about 8:30 a.m. and said, " Hey, there's a kangaroo jumping down our street, " Sgt. Doug Wagner said. The 3-foot-tall marsupial was captured in a backyard by county animal control officers who grabbed it by the tail. Wagner said it appeared to have been domesticated and didn't put up a fight. A local resident told KTLA-TV the wayward animal was a neighbor's pet. Animal control officials said the animal wasn't a kangaroo but a similar, smaller animal called a wallaby. Several species of wallabies are native to Australia and New Guinea. It was to be taken to a shelter in San Bernardino until it is claimed by the owner, which Wagner said was unlikely because it probably was smuggled into the area. " Chances are nobody's going to claim it, " he said. " I don't know the law, but you can't even have ferrets so I can't imagine you're allowed to have kangaroos. " If it remains unclaimed, the animal probably would be sent to a zoo, he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 A Wallaby as a pet? WOW! I never heard of such a thing ... I wonder why they aren't allowed to own ferrets? *mona , " heartwerk " <jo.heartwork wrote: > > FONTANA, Calif. - A wayward wallaby was captured Tuesday after > hopping into a backyard in this San Bernardino County suburb about 50 > miles east of Los Angeles, authorities said. > > Someone called police at about 8:30 a.m. and said, " Hey, there's a > kangaroo jumping down our street, " Sgt. Doug Wagner said. > > The 3-foot-tall marsupial was captured in a backyard by county animal > control officers who grabbed it by the tail. Wagner said it appeared > to have been domesticated and didn't put up a fight. > > A local resident told KTLA-TV the wayward animal was a neighbor's pet. > > Animal control officials said the animal wasn't a kangaroo but a > similar, smaller animal called a wallaby. Several species of > wallabies are native to Australia and New Guinea. > > It was to be taken to a shelter in San Bernardino until it is claimed > by the owner, which Wagner said was unlikely because it probably was > smuggled into the area. > > " Chances are nobody's going to claim it, " he said. " I don't know the > law, but you can't even have ferrets so I can't imagine you're > allowed to have kangaroos. " > > If it remains unclaimed, the animal probably would be sent to a zoo, > he said. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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