OK.. Who left their kangaroo here?!

[Bluetree]

Wandering wallaby captured in California suburb

The Associated Press
Published: February 6, 2007

FONTANA, California: A wandering wallaby was captured Tuesday after hopping into a backyard in this San Bernardino County suburb about 50 miles (80 kilometers) 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 (1-meter) 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 did not put up a fight.

[crazycanuck]

Boing..Boing..Boing..

They grabbed it by the tail umm oh dear. They wouldn't want to do that to a larger wallaby or kangaroo...

Poor little thing..

Here skippy..skippy...here skippy..(the aussies & kiwis will get that one)

c

[Fredwina]

http://www.sbsun.com/ci_5168322 has a pic
And I've actually cycled by where the poor thing was nabbed by the Fontana PD (right next door to Sandy Place Ranch ) Maybe it was trying to get the Outback Steakhouse at Ontario Mills....

[crazycanuck]

sorry to hijack the thread..Fredwina..what does your avatar mean? It looks like an indian or sri lankan or bangladeshi name.

c

[Fredwina]

You're right!
It's Sanskrit for avatar: ( I Know, I`m being mega-geeky)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar

[Pedal Wench]

Wandering wallaby captured in California suburb

....The 3-foot-tall (1-meter) 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 did not put up a fight.

I saw the live capture. The poor thing put up QUITE a strong fight! Kicking away. It stopped for a minute and they put a cloth bag over it's head. THEN it stopped fighting.

[crazycanuck]

Umm..Kangaroos and Wallabies KICK!!! Don't even think about what a Giant Red would do..

Ask Trekhawk & the other Aussie ladies...

c

[Pedal Wench]

www.cnn.com has the video. "Kangaroo-ish" Animal captured. Idiots