Mosborough Kangaroo

[old tup 30]

Has anyone read about the man walking his dog across a frosty ploughed field in Mosborough spotting what he thought was a kangaroo,he filmed it and on examination it loooks like a Wallaby,what next a herd of Wildebeast maybe,can it be true?.

[bassett one 453]

yes theres supposed to be many in england now,so expect more sightings in future years

[horribleblob 214]

Perhaps an escapee from Yorkshire Wildlife Park over towards Doncaster. They have what they call a "Wallaby Walkabout" and I guess Mosborough could be within hopping range.

[Longcol 610]

Derbyshire Times report;

 

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/must-read/derbyshire-goes-marsupial-mad-as-video-of-wild-wallaby-followed-by-kangaroo-hoax-go-viral-3997156

[Funky_Gibbon 42]

Apparently there have been wallabies living wild in the North for the last century but they're very rare and generally nocturnal.

[Ghozer 113]

There was 5 Wallabies that escaped a zoo somewhere in the peak district back during WW2 (I think, can't remember the exact details) that have apparently been living there since, and now there are thought to be 50+ 

There was a guy from Eckington (no longer living there) who posted that his pet kangaroo had escaped, a week or so ago, with a photo. But it was found (After being shared around) that the photo was taken from an older report in a different place a few months prior...

So the ones that are being spotted, are likely part of this escaped wild group, there has been over 100 sighting reports since around 2008 ish.

[HumbleNarrator 286]

I thought this was just a roo's.