CENTRAL TEXAS

Pet Kangaroo on the Lam in Central Texas

A pet kangaroo that escaped from her pen Wednesday has kept Central Texas animal control hopping in her wake.

Louise Whitaker says she had just put her kangaroo Izzy in a new cage in front of her house in Salado before leaving visit her mother around midday Wednesday. She returned a couple of hours later to find the cage door open and Izzy gone.

Since then, the animal has been spotted in the woods around Salado but hops away whenever anyone approaches her. Whitaker says Izzy has been an indoor pet, and she fears for the kangaroo's well-being because of the recent cold and sleet.

Salado veterinary technician Shelby Perry warns the public not to try to capture the stressed animal but to report sightings to Bell County authorities.

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