Missing little beastie
@GardenGerty (169448)
United States
June 30, 2023 6:39pm CST
Hey @JudyEv did you lose a wallaby?
Evidently there was one loose in Kansas City, and was injured. He was rescued on Interstate 435.
He is not lost or escaped from a zoo. He is okay and in good hands, but no one knows to whom he belongs.
Not safe for wallabies, or kangaroos to go on walkabouts in Kansas. One year some Red Kangaroos escaped from an area zoo. They did not fare well in the winter.
I am glad this little dude is going to be okay.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/officers-in-edwardsville-rescue-injured-wallaby-on-interstate-435?fbclid=IwAR0s1P6VVvYfxGtf39nC-7pXcvJY09tUfsz1WJIkoHGpHw4OqPSP7b0BEh4
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Yes, busy highways are not a good place for any animals.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Me too. That was a very busy highway.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
1 Jul 23
@GardenGerty Lucky someone found him in time.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
This is a good news story that I am pretty certain @dapizzaguy would like.
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@FourWalls (86615)
• United States
1 Jul 23
So glad it got rescued. It probably escaped from Australia while Judy and Vince were in Ireland. 
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
You are quite likely right. No one checking the ports for runaways.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Yes, me too. That is an awful highway for any animal to be on.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Wow, I would not have thought they could survive the weather. Thanks for sharing the article.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
2 Jul 23
@Fleura I can see how it would look similar to a muntjac. I did not realize they were native in the UK either.
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@Fleura (34954)
• United Kingdom
2 Jul 23
@GardenGerty They're not native and the muntjac are not either!
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
1 Jul 23
Does somebody feed the wallaby as pet ? How come the owner of it didn't make an appearance ?
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
We are thinking someone has it as an exotic, maybe illegal pet. If it is illegal the owner certainly would not step up and claim him.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
2 Jul 23
That must be the case.The wallaby is native to Australia.
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
If they don't I am pretty sure the Kansas City Zoo would adopt him.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
I think so, too. One news outlet got it wrong, calling it a Kangaroo. Related, but not the same. I do not like the idea of exotic pets.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
2 Jul 23
@LadyDuck Private homes have a hard time caring for them properly. Zoos do a good job most of the time. More and more the zoos do things to enrich their environments and give them interesting things to do.
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@LadyDuck (502251)
• Italy
1 Jul 23
@GardenGerty I fully agree with you about exotic pets. They do not adjust to their new environments are are unhappy.
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@JudyEv (381925)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jul 23
Oh, poor little thing. Luckily he is not mine or I'd be scolding him big time. I guess he will go to a sanctuary somewhere if he isn't claimed.
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Poor little wallaby. I'm sorry it was injured. I'm so glad it was rescued.
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
1 Jul 23
It's great he's ok. How weird that a Wallaby just happend to be on a freeway.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
1 Jul 23
Extremely so, especially since there are none missing from the zoo.
