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Colorado police catch a loose kangaroo who was running on the streets

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18 Jun

Police officers in Durango Colorado on Monday May 19 answered an emergency call about a kangaroo that gained fame in Durango on October 2024 by running away from home and was captured by the police back then and returned to its...

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Kangaroo on the loose in Florida

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 May 25

A resident of Osceola County in Florida saw a kangaroo running on a street pm Monday May 5 which managed to get the attention of Kaila Mullins Kaila then witnessed the kangaroo dive under a fence into a nearby farmland. The...

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Loose kangaroo shut down an interstate in Alabama

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 May 25

Alabama State Police and the owner of a female kangaroo who ran away from her owner on Tuesday morning on Interstate 85 in the area between Tuskegee and Auburn which caused the state police to close both sides of the interstate in...

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Police in South Carolina capture a kangaroo who escaped from his home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 1 Apr 25

A kangaroo that escaped from his home in Horry County in South Carolina managed to get out of the house of his owner on Saturday March 22. Deputies with the Horry County Police Department (HCPD) were able to capture the kangaroo...

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Missing kangaroo returned to his owner three weeks later

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Nov 24

A kangaroo that went missing three weeks ago around Pierson Florida when a bear was seen entering the enclosure if the kangaroo ran away from his home. Kristen Turner who is a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife...

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Kangaroo wrangled by police in Colorado

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 1 Nov 24

Police officers in Durango Colorado answered an emergency call from a citizen who witnessed a kangaroo running on the streets on Wednesday October 23. The police officers were able to wrangle the kangaroo on Wednesday evening and...

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A loose kangaroo sighting in Florida

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Oct 24

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood is hopeful that a kangaroo that fled from his owner's home in Pierson Florida on Thursday October 17 will be found safe and sound soon since according to the officials of the Florida Fish And Wildlife...

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Saw a white kangaroo with its joey!

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 20 Oct 24

This is the first time I'm seeing a white albino kangaroo with a joey. We've seen several white kangaroos in Australia, but this time we saw one with a little baby joey in its pouch. They looked so cute together and we're not...

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One largo kangaroo holds up traffic in a road in West Virginia

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 23 Aug 24

Noah Manns was one on his way to work in Verdunville West Virginia last Friday when he saw a large kangaroo in the middle of Mud Fork Road that blocked traffic for a while. Noah did not call the police to report the kangaroo...

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Escaped kangaroo seen in a street in Lufkin Texas

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Jun 24

Police in Lufkin Texas answered an emergency call from the owner of a kangaroo that managed to escape from its owner on Wednesday May 22 that was seen running on a road in Lufkin. Lufkin police officers were able to capture the...

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Kangaroo escape from a zoo in Ontario

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Jan 24

It is very odd in my opinion to learn that a kangaroo was seen running in the streets of Howard Township which is located in Kent Ontario Canada on Monday January 8. A spokesperson from the Chatham-Kent Police Department reported...

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A red fox story from Baltimore

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 6 Nov 23

Victoria Howard who is a 73 year old female was walking with her dog Georgie in my home in her neighborhood which is located near the Maryland Zoo last week when she saw what she thought was a kangaroo. What happened next is...

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Police and animal control officers rescue a kangaroo

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Jul 23

Thanks to the actions of an alert animal lover who saw a young kangaroo who was wandering on Interstate 435 in Edwardsville Kansas last Thursday afternoon, police officers as well as animal control officers who teamed up to pick...

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Kangaroo returns to his home in Texas after two days missing

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Feb 23

A kangaroo named Nigel ran away from his home in Hood County in Texas on Tuesday when Nigel heard a loud noise which made him run away from his home. Bri Lafluer who is the owner has raised Nigel from the young days of the...

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Hand feeding a kangaroo!

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 28 Oct 22

This is one of the special experiences we've had during our stay in Australia. In this national park there were huge spaces where kangaroos and emus just roamed and you could hand deed them with food meant for them. It was a safe...

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A kangaroo in the middle of the city

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Oct 22

Vin and I went into the city yesterday. We took a bus to the train station then a train to the city. We had a pleasant walk to our destination and passed this ‘roo on the way. There are about five or six kangaroos in various poses...

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Mini kangaroos - the tammar wallaby

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jun 22

I mentioned tammar wallabies (Notamacropus eugenii) in my last post so thought I’d tell you a bit more about them. They are among the smallest of their genus and are pretty much like mini kangaroos. They are about 18 inches (45cm)...

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Kangaroo petrol takes the cake

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Jan 22

I wrote recently about Omicron going through our eastern states like ‘a dose of salts’. Many of you had not heard of the term before. Dianne (@DianneN) mentioned that some sayings are specific to some countries. So I asked if...

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Our dead climber - Hardenbergia violacea

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jan 21

The photo shows our native hardenbergia (Hardenbergia violacea) which we planted to hide our large rainwater tank. Top left shows it in its glory and covered in pale lilac flowers. In the bush, it is often a much deeper purple....

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Out the window this morning

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jan 21

The kangaroos were back at the house this morning. The first three photos were taken through the French doors of our bedroom. One shows the doe scratching an itch with her hind claw. You can also see them holding some dried grass...

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