BBC News, June 02 2009
Hopper, who’s two and a half, made a bid for freedom by digging under a fence and making a hop for it towards a local forest.
Police believe the wallaby is still in the area and believed to be hiding in the Kielder Forest.
If you see him, kindly call the police on 03456 043 043.
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In 2007, 3 wallabies escaped from a caravan park in Belford.
…and another one, who escaped from a petting zoo near Cornwall in 20o7 found a female mate in the wild, who was spotted with her joey in May 2009 on a lawn:
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For the past 60 years, there has been a clatch of 60 wild wallabies living on the island of Inchconnachan, in Loch Lomond, Scotland – they’re now facing forced extermination in order to save other more native wildlife on the island with whom food resources are shared.
Iain Sheves of Luss Estates, the island management group, said
“We understand that some people view wallabies as nice and good fun but we would hope people realise that native wildlife must be paramount.”
– June 2009 Daily Record
