A missing young wallaby has been found safe and returned to its owners after mysteriously disappearing without a trace for around two weeks.
The rescue took place in Chvalovice, a small town in the Czech Republic, after the wallaby escaped from the farm where it was born nearly a year ago, local media reported on 12th November.
Witnesses had reported seeing the albino red-necked wallaby, also known as a Bennett’s wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), near Chvalovice and alerted the farm.
Twenty employees immediately set out to capture the animal, but it initially kept escaping them.
The following day, a vet assisted the team in sedating the wallaby with a tranquiliser gun before they brought it back to Merlin’s Farm.
Marlins Farm spokesperson Andrea Weisova said: “We are overjoyed and endlessly grateful. Our little wallaby is back home, cheerful, healthy and curious as ever. He is now enjoying time with mum and dad.”
She added: “We would like to thank everyone who helped. He is fine and is already looking forward to seeing all of you! Come visit him.”
Staff said it remained unclear how the animal had escaped.
There was no hole in the enclosure and a theft is being suspected.
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