Kangaroo-like Creature Captured in Tempe

April 30, 2011 | 6:53 AM | Local | By Frank Johnson

In what sounds like a fraternity stunt gone wrong, a driver in Tempe called 911 to report that a Kangaroo was spotted hopping around the streets of a neighborhood late Thursday. And despite their disbelief, officers responded to the call did in fact discover two-foot-tall Wallaby, or mini-kangaroo, wandering outside a residence, peeking in the windows at a dog living inside.

According to AZ Central, it was simply a case of a runaway pet, Wesley the Wallaby, who belongs to someone down the street. The Wallaby, described as “friendly, docile and very cooperative,” was loaded into a large dog kennel, and eventually returned to his owner, where Wesley was last reported doing keg-stands while a bunch of shirtless dudes wearing backward baseball hats shouted “chug, chug, chug!” OK, we made that last part up.

    

2 Comments

  1. Krina
    May 1, 2011 9:42 PM

    At least your article didn’t say he was 35 lbs. He is maybe like twelve. He weighs less than our daughter who is only 22 lbs. But he is calm, I mean he lets our 21 month old give him hugs :P

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