An escaped kangaroo was captured east of Toronto after running loose for three days. During a transfer from a local zoo in Oshawa, the animal made a run jump for freedom. Hours afterwards, drivers were startled by the unusual sight of a kangaroo hopping along the highway.
Kangaroo sightings are extremely rare in Canada. However, it’s not the first time that exotic and non-indigenous species have roamed the city.
… No, I’m not referring to Caribana. Sorry, inside joke. Displaced Jamaicans will understand …
Capybaras, llamas, wallabies and yaks have made similar quests for freedom. Eventually, they all made it back to safety.
Although I’m not sure if they were re-captured, so much as returned voluntarily.
This past week also heralded the arrival of cold winter temperatures. Brrr! If I was a kangaroo on the loose, I’d surrender into custody too.
The Sandy Chronicles 
I thought this happened in Australia, that would kind of be normal there, I’d suspect. But a roaming kangaroo in Canada is a real news story, so funny
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Tanja, it would be normal here in Australia and wouldn’t make the news at all. Perhaps a Roo trying to break into a zoo might rate a mention! Lol.
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Poor boomer! Stuck in a wintry landscape totally unknown. Where is the sun? Where is the grass and plains? I did have to laugh at this: “Kangaroo sightings are extremely rare in Canada.” You made me laugh Sandy. I wish I was the kangaroo with heatwaves and cyclones expected in coming days.
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I’m always glad to make you chuckle 🙂 Heatwaves and cyclones! That must get in the way of your Christmas BBQs on the beach. Hopefully you can hole up indoors where there’s A/C.
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The air con will be pumping, Sandy. Merry Christmas to you! I’d be most happy to see some snowy pictures if you have time to share.
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I saw this story, though I confess I didn’t read it. Makes me want to come back as a kangaroo though!
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He didn’t look too happy to be caught. He sock-punched the officer trying to apprehend him!
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We have had Deer roaming around the neighborhood at night. Maybe searching for shelter as Calgary is snow stuck now.
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Tis the season for snow 🙂 In Toronto we had our first snow yesterday but it’s all gone now.
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Calgary had its first heavy snowfall yesterday and it is still trickling. I am still getting used to the cold and and white around.
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My son just returned from skiing in Banff. I was a bit worried about the snow but he said everything was fine. Calgarians know how to handle the snow. You will too!
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We had peacocks roaming the forest when I’d just moved here from the tropics as a kid. So I just thought they were part of Finnish fauna. I was a grownup when I found out that, no, peacocks don’t actually belong to the north. They had escaped the zoo. (We lived near it.) I haven’t seen any wild peacocks in ages, though. Hope they lived happily ever after…
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Did they survive the winter on their own? I’m always amazed at how adaptable animals can be but even so ..
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Good point – I have no idea. It seemed like they were in the forest forever, but I was a child. So maybe it was just for an unwintry season.
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Quick article search: to this day, they keep escaping and roaming the nearby forest AND they can survive in zero degrees (C). 💫
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I wonder if it’s the same peacock escaping or his kids? Imagine the family dinners as the peacock and peacockerels gather & plan their great escape … 🙂
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