The search continues for the kangaroo that’s hopping round someplace in Ontario after it escaped zoo handlers from a transport truck Thursday evening.
The marsupial, one in every of two that had been within the means of being transferred to a Quebec zoo, “jumped over” the handlers’ heads because it escaped from the Oshawa Zoo and Enjoyable Farm.
Cameron Preyde, the zoo’s supervisor, instructed CTV Information Saturday that they’re utilizing drones and thermal imaging expertise to scour the world to search out it.
“We’ve received about 40 folks which are on our standby checklist prepared to return out as quickly as we get eyes on this factor,” Preyde mentioned. “Proper now, we don’t know the place it’s, so we’re asking the neighborhood when you do occur to see it, please don’t method the animal.”
The kangaroo isn’t “terribly aggressive,” since Preyde defined it’s feminine, however he mentioned it could run away if folks did attempt to get shut.
“That’s actually form of what we don’t what. We’d reasonably simply have eyes on it so we all know the place it’s, after which we will develop a plan primarily based on this case then,” Preyde mentioned.
In accordance with the supervisor, the Toronto Zoo helps out as it is going to be offering a tranquilizer gun to subdue the animal as soon as it’s discovered.
“If we’re in a position to see it, and it’s in a area, that’s once we will probably be getting in contact with the Toronto Zoo,” Preyde mentioned. “They’d come out with a educated individual that is aware of easy methods to use a tranquilizer gun, and if we will get a tranq dart into it and get it down, then at the very least we’ll know that it’s secure.
“That’s not the best state of affairs, however that’s actually the place we’re at, at this level,” Preyde mentioned.
Durham police mentioned Friday the kangaroo sighting was reported lacking at round 7:45 a.m. Friday morning, however responding officers had been unable to search out the animal and cleared the scene.
“What I can let you know is that yesterday night, a supply driver en path to Quebec with two kangaroos made a pit cease on the Oshawa Zoo to let the kangaroos stretch their legs,” Sgt. Joanne Bortoluss mentioned in an e-mail to CTV Information.
“Sadly, throughout this break, one of many kangaroos managed to flee and has been sighted a number of occasions right this moment.”
The kangaroo was final seen on Winchester Highway, about three kilometres south of the zoo, at round 3 p.m. on Friday, with volunteers saying they acquired about 30 sightings of the animal.
Preyde asks anybody who sees the marsupial to contact Group Chelsea at 905-666-4676.
With information from Abby O’Brien
