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Kangaroo decides it’s time to bounce, then hops around town

November 18, 2021 GMT

MADISON, Miss. (AP) — Rocky the kangaroo has been returned to his Mississippi home after a romp around Madison.

The 2-year-old — who assists children during therapy sessions — made his escape Tuesday afternoon, WLBT-TV reported.

Fugitive kangaroo captured in Alabama after slipping keepers

March 3, 2021 GMT

WINFIELD, Ala. (AP) — A young kangaroo who slipped away from his keepers as he was being hauled to a new home has been captured.

The Winfield Police Department, in a post Wednesday on its Facebook page, said Jack, the 3 1/2 year old kangaroo escaped Monday.

Albino kangaroo baby missing from German zoo; may be stolen

August 21, 2020 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A tiny albino baby kangaroo has gone missing from a German zoo and authorities said Friday it's possible she may have been stolen...

Animals, caretakers at Disney theme park getting TV show

Associated PressJuly 22, 2020 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The lions, kangaroos and elephants at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom are ready for their closeups...

Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale

Associated PressJuly 16, 2020 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighborhood Thursday morning...

Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames

By CHRISTINA LARSON and MATTHEW BROWNJanuary 18, 2020 GMT

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires season has so far charred 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometers) of brushland, rainforests, and national parks — killing by one estimate more than a billion wild animals...

Crafting for critters: Australian fires prompt global effort

By HOLLY RAMERJanuary 15, 2020 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Kyla Gill had never so much as touched a sewing machine or picked up a crochet hook two weeks ago...

Wildfires threaten unique critters on Australian ‘Galapagos’

By NICK PERRYJanuary 5, 2020 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures...

South Carolina law lax on regulating foreign animals

December 9, 2019 GMT

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Mobs of kangaroos can roam largely unrestricted in Wisconsin, West Virginia and South Carolina, where state laws don't regulate ownership of the creatures.

Other states have taken a harder stance on the chaotic marsupials and either require permits or ban ownership outright, The Post and Courier reported Sunday.

Escaped wallaby goes on walkabout in Dallas neighborhood

March 21, 2019 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — A wallaby who apparently escaped his owners went on a walkabout in an east Dallas neighborhood before being recaptured...

Drones help search for escaped kangaroo in Florida

September 26, 2018 GMT

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — A runaway kangaroo in South Florida has wildlife officers sending up a pair of drones to help search for a second day.

More than a dozen officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have been joined by state troopers and local law enforcement in the search for Storm.

A kangaroo named Paul is now the oldest tree kangaroo in US

January 27, 2018 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A kangaroo named Paul has become the oldest living tree kangaroo in the country.

Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence says the Matschie's tree kangaroo turned 23 years, three months and four days old on Friday.

Mike Epps apologizes for kangaroo incident

Jovan AlfordApril 4, 2017 GMT

Turns out not everyone thinks bringing a kangaroo on stage is funny.

Comedian and actor Mike Epps has been dealing with backlash in the wake of incorporating one into his Detroit show last Friday.