Lost: Homesick ‘kangaroo’ – if found, please return to Australian coat of arms
A runaway kangaroo (possibly a wallaby) has been successfully captured in Austria, after having been spotted hopping around on a country road.
A lonely kangaroo sits on the road near the village of Launsdorf, in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia, Thursday, March 16, 2006. With the help of local police, the animal was sedated and returned to its owner, a local veterinarian. Tourists in Austria, an alpine country often confused with Australia, can buy T-shirts with the slogan "There are no kangaroos in Austria". (AP Photo/Gert Eggenberger)
Police officers spotted the animal in a field near Hollabrunn, a small town near Vienna on Monday, authorities reported.
It was anaesthetised and handed over to the operator of a kangaroo farm after being seen to by a vet, they said.
The marsupial had been sighted for the first time on Sunday on a country road.
The owner had also been identified, a police spokesman said.
It was being investigated whether he had legally owned the animal, which is typically native to Australia.
The incident prompted some Austrians to wear T-shirts saying “there are no kangaroos in Australia.
