Police officers from Fort Lauderdale captured a renegade kangaroo hopping through the city streets. The officers patted Jack, the kangaroo, and placed him in the back of a police cruiser. It turns out that Jack was under the care of Anthony Macias, as Oddee detailed:
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It didn’t take authorities long to locate the owner, who lived just a few blocks away from where cops apprehended the animal. Anthony Macias forgot to latch the gate after taking out his recycling bins earlier.
“I guess he just punched his way through,” he told the Sun Sentinel. Also, do you think that paper has an animal-hijinks beat that someone gets to cover?
Macias got the kangaroo, named Jack, from a friend who was moving out of the area and didn’t want him anymore. Maybe because he missed being able to put drinks on his coffee table? Watch the tail. Unfortunately, Fort Lauderdale doesn’t allow kangaroo ownership, so Jack’s living at the police horse stables for his safety
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Source: neatorama