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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Watch: Colorado police capture pet kangaroo on the lam... again
DURANGO, Colo. – A kangaroo in Colorado was captured once again after escaping for a second time in seven months. A kangaroo in Durango, Colorado, has already established himself as a local legend after escaping from his owner in 2024. Video from Durango Police shows Officer Garrison gently approaching and petting the kangaroo before hoisting the cute, not-so-little animal into his arms. "We can't say we saw 'kangaroo roundup' in the job description, but here we are," said the Durango Police Department in a Facebook post. According to National Geographic, red kangaroos can reach speeds of over 35 mph. Its average lifespan is up to 23 years, and it can weigh up to a beastly 200 pounds. The kangaroo did not resist arrest and was safely placed in the back of a police vehicle. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, some exotic animals, such as red kangaroos, wallaroos, swamp wallabies, dama wallabies, and bennett wallabies, are legal to own in the state. St. Louis Zoo Scrambles Animals, 10,000 Visitors To Safety As Ef-3 Tornado Leaves Trail Of Damage The police department noted that the kangaroo had significantly grown since their last encounter in October 2024. "To our four-legged friend: you've officially earned the title of Durango's Most Unexpected Repeat Offender," Durango police article source: Watch: Colorado police capture pet kangaroo on the lam... again
The Guardian
21-05-2025
- The Guardian
Irwin the kangaroo gets the jump on police in Durango, Colorado
The most notorious roo-peat offender in Durango, Colorado, was once again seen hopping through town. Irwin, a pet kangaroo, first jumped through Durango as a baby in October 2024. On Monday, he showed that his escapist tendencies have followed him from the pouch to adolescence. Irwin (named after Steve Irwin) was first caught in October when officers lured him with a large bag, banking on its similarity to a kangaroo pouch. But, when it came to catching a more grown-up Irwin, local police officers had to come up with a different kanga-ruse, a new form of hop pursuit. Released footage shows an officer approaching Irwin in a narrow corridor between a red fence and a brick house. Irwin attempts to jump past the officer (described by Durango's police chief as 'a big farm boy'), and lands in his arms instead. 'We have the kangaroo detained,' another officer calls into dispatch. Irwin's confusion over his locale is understandable. Kangaroos, famed for their springy legs and long leaps, are native to Australia, and used to bouncing in more boundless spaces than a private owner can typically provide. Kangaroos are legal to own in Colorado, one of many exotic animals on an eclectic list that includes three species of wallabies, poison dart frogs, emus, reindeer, caimans and African pygmy hedgehogs. Escaped exotic pets are often linked to human repeat offenders. A Raleigh, North Carolina, man publicly apologized and turned in more than 75 snakes after failing to report an escaped zebra cobra six months earlier – and was seen on TikTok years later handling venomous snakes. Fatalities from kangaroos are rare, but not without precedent. Last week, a man in South Carolina was found dead in a petting zoo's kangaroo enclosure. In 2022, an Australian man was killed by a wild kangaroo he had kept as a pet.
