Escaped kangaroo punches cop before being caught by the tail after days on the lam

NY Post ^ | 12/04/2023 | Snejana Farberov

[DFG]

That was no roo-tine call.

Police in Canada tried to capture an escaped kangaroo that had been on the run since last week by grabbing it by the tail — but not before the hopping-mad fugitive punched one of the cops in the face.

A pair of kangaroos were being transported to a zoo in Quebec last Thursday when one of them, a 4-year-old female born in captivity, escaped its handlers by jumping over their heads during a rest stop at the Oshawa Zoo and Fun Farm in Ontario, the park’s supervisor and head keeper, Cameron Preyde, told CBC Toronto.

Videos circulated on social media Friday showing the runaway marsupial bouncing along roads in the town of Oshawa.

Neighbor Paul Rellinger was shocked to see the mammal — which he initially mistook for a deer — bounding along the road as he was driving his son to school.

“It was a little bit of an odd start to our morning,” Rellinger told CBC. “Who expects to see a kangaroo, especially in this part of the world?”

But the crafty kangaroo’s taste of freedom was short-lived. Around 3 am Monday, cops with the Durham Regional Police were responding to what was cheekily described as a “roo-tine” patrol when they spotted the rogue critter on a rural property in northern Oshawa outside Toronto, where the animal stopped to take “a little break,” according to a press release from the authorities.

[BenLurkin]

“I’m on the lam but I ain’t no sheep,” the kangaroo was heard to say.

[Red Badger]

[xp38]

They have a bit of fur on them. Would have needed it because it was cold here when it escaped. Most un Australian like weather I would say.

[Ezekiel]

Neighbor Paul Rellinger was shocked to see the mammal — which he initially mistook for a deer —

I suspect Wild Turkey was involved.

[Reno89519]

Did they charge the kangaroo with assault? Lucky this was in Canada, too many American cops would’ve pulled out their pistol and shoot the kangaroo.

[Tommy Revolts]

[Yardstick]

“Who expects to see a kangaroo, especially in this part of the world?”
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He does have a point here.

[dmcnash]

What is it with all these kangaroo escapes? Here in sleepy north Georgia a local cop captured an escaped kangaroo. It seems a tourist type brought his pet ‘roo with him on vacation, WTF? A wallaby I can understand. But a kangaroo?