Escaped wallaby goes on walkabout in neighborhood | Lifestyle.INQ

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Wallaby
In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a wallaby roams on the front porch of a Dallas neighborhood. Image: Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP

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

Wallaby
In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a wallaby roams on the front porch of a Dallas neighborhood. Image: Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP

Tim Tiernan said he and his wife were taking a morning walk Wednesday when they saw what they first thought was a dog. The wallaby hopped into the couple’s driveway and up to their back door.

Wallaby
In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 photo, a wallaby roams in the front yard of a Dallas neighborhood. Image: Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP

Dallas Animal Services officers eventually caught the marsupial in the couple’s backyard. The animal was identified as Muggsy and picked up by his owner.

Officials didn’t release the owner’s name or how the wallaby escaped. The agency said the wallaby is kept on a country ranch.

Wallabies are native to Australia and surrounding islands and are a close relative of the kangaroo. NVG

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