The great kangaroo caper is underway Tucson, where two escaped kangaroos are keeping law enforcement jumping.
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After the department was notified of the wallaroos’ disappearance Monday, an “attempt to locate”, which is used to alert other deputies of a missing person, was issued.
According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy took a call Monday regarding kangaroos that got out of their yard and running loose.
They were captured on video by somebody who spotted them hopping through desert brush along a rural road.
The wallaroo caught on film, Boomer, still hasn’t been found, Suitt said.
Some reports indicate the animals are actually wallaroos, hybrids from the pairing of kangaroos and their smaller cousins, wallabies.
Suitt said that a second animal may also have escaped. It is legal to own them, and the animals are not aggressive, but just a little nervous around people, he said.
The bouncy critters were last seen near Anway and Avra Valley roads in Marana, Arizona, about 15 miles northwest of the Tucson area.
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The sheriff’s department is not actively searching for the lost wallaroos, but has put out messages asking anyone who spots them to call 911.
