Kangaroo in custody after hopping through South Florida neighborhood
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - This wasn't a normal morning call for officers in one South Florida city.
Fort Lauderdale police spent Thursday morning chasing a kangaroo that was spotted hopping through a neighborhood.
“At first we didn’t really believe it ’cause there was only one call, so when we got there, there, sure enough, was a kangaroo,” Fort Lauderdale Police officer Robert Norvis told WSVN. “I’ve been a police officer for a total of 26 years, and I’ve had snake calls and plenty of dog calls and maybe an alligator, but I never heard of a kangaroo around here.”
Officers were able to get a dog leash around the kangaroo's neck before guiding it to the back of a police cruiser.
“He didn’t resist. I actually was expecting to get kicked, but he was very friendly and didn’t do anything,” Norvis said.
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(Courtesy: WSVN)
Aerial footage from WSVN showed the kangaroo in custody.
Police said they turned it over to the South Florida Wildlife Center. It was later learned that a city resident owns the kangaroo, named Jack, as a pet.