{"id":962,"date":"2009-06-13T10:32:40","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T14:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=962"},"modified":"2009-06-13T11:03:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T15:03:04","slug":"wallabies-in-northumberland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/13\/wallabies-in-northumberland\/","title":{"rendered":"wallabies in northumberland???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/cbbcnews\/hi\/newsid_8070000\/newsid_8078900\/8078979.stm\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News<\/a>, June 02 2009<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hopper, who&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe the wallaby is still in the area and believed to be hiding in the Kielder Forest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you see him, kindly call the police on <strong>03456 043 043<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, 3 wallabies escaped from a caravan park in Belford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;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:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-964\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-964\" title=\"955337\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/955337.jpg\" alt=\"photo Brian Nash\" width=\"169\" height=\"182\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo Brian Nash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>For the past 60 years, there has been a clatch of 60 wild wallabies living on the island of Inchconnachan, in Loch Lomond, Scotland &#8211; they&#8217;re now facing forced extermination in order to save other more native wildlife on the island with whom\u00a0 food resources are shared.<\/p>\n<p>Iain Sheves of Luss Estates, the island management group, said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We understand that some people view wallabies as nice and good fun but we would hope people realise that native wildlife must be paramount.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2013 June 2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/2009\/06\/04\/scotland-s-only-wallabies-face-extermination-86908-21413729\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Record <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-970\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-970\" title=\"ll_mar_05\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ll_mar_05.jpg\" alt=\"Inchconnachan Wallaby\" width=\"454\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ll_mar_05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ll_mar_05-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inchconnachan Wallaby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News, June 02 2009 Hopper, who&#8217;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. 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