Skippy's in Germany!

JA!

I'm not lying!

You may be as baffled as I was when I first saw this headline in the newspaper but hold on a moment and let me explain. Hopefully things can begin to make sense, or if it doesn't don't worry.

A Kangaroo was seen last Monday night bounding his way about on the main street of Siegburg, Germany confusing local residents and passes by as they may have thought they were in the outback rather than their local sausage market.

All joking aside, the Kangaroo actually boxed it's way out of it's enclosure and decided to go for an afternoon stroll around the neighbourhood. Police and fire officers had to pursue a Kangaroo chase through the town, dodging emergency crews who tried to lure the strict herbivore with dog food. Firefighters later were fortunately able to capture the relative of Skippy with a net. The Australian marsupial was taken to the nearby vet and was checked over being declared unharmed. The Kangaroo was given a shelter to stay in, while efforts were made at trying to find it's owner.

Later the Kangaroo was claimed by it's owner, who kept two of the Australian marsupials – named Tequilla and Sunrise – as housepets.

Under Australian legislation it has been illegal to export live kangaroos or wallabies since 1982.
Police were checking with customs officials whether the kangaroos were legally imported.

The only reason I decided to post this story onto the blog was because, this blatantly is not your usual every day story. Then while I was finding this story incredibly humorous and fascinating I began to evaluate the story in closer detail. I had begun to think, was the Kangaroo trying to escape for a particular reason other than that it could smell next door's dinner? Maybe that they were being ill treated or that they were being kept in cruel confinement with no attention at all.

"What's that Skippy?"
"You're in trouble."