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July 7, 2023 | 10:16pm
A child wallaby is on the loose in Oklahoma after a dog set him complimentary, the animals’ owner said.
Roo, a 1-year-old marsupial, has actually averted regain considering that leaving his yard enclosure in Blanchard, a city 30 miles south of Oklahoma City, Wednesday early morning, according to city authorities.
The 4-foot-tall wallaby might have leapt over the fence, however owner Gil Gilbreath believes it most likely Roo hopped out of its open gate.
“It’s a chain link gate and I guess a dog must have hit the latch,” Gilbreath told Fox 25.
“I have a dog that likes to play with him through the fence.”
Roo had actually been living inside the yard petting zoo, where Gilbreath said the animal usually acted friendly, though shy and “a little skittish.”
Neighbors have actually identified Roo hopping through Blanchard in the last 3 days, however have not come close to the escape artist.
Gilbreath said he’s still working to tame the animal and as an outcome, “he’s going to be hard to catch when we find him.”
The owner presumes the young Australian native — which resembles a kangaroo however smaller sized — is most likely hiding in the high lawn or thick woods that line the edge of town.
“He likes it and he likes to hide in it. I think he’s probably in there if he hasn’t moved on from this pasture somewhere,” he said.
Blanchard authorities are utilizing a drone to find Roo and press him out of hiding.
Animal control is likewise associated with the hunt, alerting homeowners not to corner the animal, which is understood to kick when threatened.
“If we can at least get him out in the open and get people to fence him into a smaller area so we can throw the net over him,” Liesl Welu with Blanchard Animal Control said.
It is legal to have wallabies as animals in Oklahoma with the ideal documents.
With Post wires
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