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SubscribeEscaped wallaby captured in Pierce County
AP
This photo provided by the Pierce County Sheriff's office shows officers capturing an escaped wallaby in Gig Harbor.
From The Associated Press:
Pierce County sheriff deputies and animal control officers have caught a wallaby on the run in Gig Harbor.
Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says the wallaby jumped in front of a deputy's cruiser while he was on patrol Thursday.
Troyer says the deputy thought the animal was a kangaroo at first, but it was later determined to be a wallaby.
He says the "bugger" was fast and the deputy had to call back up. Eventually the wallaby -- named Mia -- was netted.
Troyer says deputies found the owners' residence nearby with "pretty good living conditions" and a pen, but no one knows how Mia escaped.
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