Nov. 7 (UPI) — A kangaroo that escaped from its Florida enclosure while fleeing from a bear has been safely returned home three weeks later.
Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the kangaroo was first spotted hopping around Pierson on Oct. 17 and was later found to have escaped from its owner’s property “due to a bear entering its enclosure.”
Kristen Turner, a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said the kangaroo was spotted at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
“The FWC investigator and the kangaroo’s owner responded to the location, where the kangaroo was successfully captured and returned to its home after being bedded down in heavy cover,” Turner told The Daytona Beach News-Journal…