Pet kangaroo missing in Indiana neighborhood

Neighbors are hopping as much as assist after a pet kangaroo was reported lacking in an Indiana neighborhood.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed Sunday {that a} male kangaroo saved by a neighborhood man and his household had gone lacking that afternoon close to the cities of Patton and Yeoman. 

Though police and animal management are reportedly not searching for the animal, residents are out in droves hoping to identify the marsupial. 

“He may very well be wherever,” Angie Brown, proprietor of the close by White Oaks RV Resort, instructed FOX59 earlier this week. “My guess is he’s within the woods right here hiding as a result of he’s scared.”

Brown instructed the outlet that she final heard that the kangaroo sped off after swimming in Lake Freeman. 

“I used to be instructed three guys received him out of the water however as quickly as he received out of the water he took off earlier than they might get ahold of him,” she mentioned.

Brown and her co-owner, Ethan Brown, have been a part of the search since Sunday.

“We’re fairly assured he’ll be discovered,” the latter mentioned. “Everybody and their brother are out searching for him proper now.”

Information of the lacking kangaroo additionally unfold on the native Misplaced and Discovered Pets of Better Lafayette Fb web page, which shared an image of the pet alongside warnings to not get too near it.

“You gained’t be capable of ‘catch’ him fairly ‘herd’ him such as you would every other livestock,” the submit learn. “He’s not imply simply not social!”

The weird information shortly garnered dozens of feedback. 

“Misplaced kangaroo in Indiana. Now I’ve heard all of it!!!” one person wrote. “Didn’t notice we had Australian wildlife close by aside from wallaby at zoo,” one other quipped.

A 3rd commenter reported that the proprietor was a neighbor of their brother, and truly owned three kangaroos– a feminine, a child, and the lacking male.

“They’ve permits for them and take nice care of them!” they defined.

As of Thursday morning, there are not any studies of the kangaroo being discovered. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for a remark.