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Wayward Wallaby Nabbed in Calif. Yard
Topic Started: Feb 8 2007, 12:04 AM (105 Views)
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Wayward Wallaby Nabbed in Calif. Yard

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) - 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.

http://story.news.ask.com//article/20070206/D8N4FITG0.html
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:kitti: :kitti:

Hi jezzie,

I was just thinking.........how surprised you would be, to discover a Wallaby in your yard.

Actually, I think it would make my day/year. :wacko:
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Believe it or not, I would be amazed if I did NOT have kangaroos in my yard at any hour of the day or night.
Clearly, I'm in Australia.
There are 60 million roos in this country and 20 milion people.
Nevertheless, most Aussies could go for years and never see one.

It happens that I live on a small island which is now connected to the mainland by a causeway.
We have a resident roo 'colony' which for some reason rarely use the causeway and their numbers have built up over the years.
I have side fences but none front or back, so they use my place as a thoroughfare.

Twice in our fifteen years here we have actually had one come into the house. One into the kitchen and one into this my computer room.
You can usually lure them out with a bit of bread but if they panic they can do all sorts of damage.

Locals know not to feed them or interfere with them but visitors sometimes get hurt despite signs and other warnings.

We enjoy their company with a few reservations.
You do NOT get between a big buck male and his female quarry in mating season !
Also weve had those large bucks get in UNDER our house chasing a female and then inflict a bit of damage in the course of their "passion".
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Well, that's certainly a different sort of problem! Our wildlife misadventures are usually black bears coming into town in the fall to stuff themselves on crab apples before denning up for the winter. We have deer invading even the downtown areas just about every night all winter long but no kangaroos. I think they might find our cold weather a bit discouraging.

Now I'm curious about your island off the coast and I'm speculating that it's off the coast of southern Australia and likely a retirement colony. Come on over to the The World According To ...YOU ! forum and tell us a few stories about things Down Under!

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I only have six deer that visit my backyard.
So on nights that are going to be very cold I toss apples out there at dusk.
Sometimes I'm lucky enough to catch the deer eating them.
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