Kangaroo sedated after jumping to level five of airport's multi-storey carpark

A jet-setting kangaroo was stopped in its tracks at Melbourne Airport, Australia, yesterday morning.  The confused kangaroo managed to reach level five of the airport's multi-storey carpark before it was sedated.



Melbourne Airport spokeswoman Anna Gillett said an early morning tweet from a passenger alerted staff to the bouncing visitor. She said airport staff cordoned off a small section of the level five carpark before calling Wildlife Victoria.

After stalking the animal for several minutes, the female volunteer successfully shot the kangaroo with a tranquiliser dart. "We received reports that the animal may have been injured and was agitated so we cordoned off an area of the car park while we asked Wildlife Victoria to assist," Ms Gillett said. "At one stage the kangaroo was happily sitting next to a car.


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"Thankfully it's not a regular occurrence and Monday mornings are normally quite busy as you can imagine. We managed to remove the kangaroo before it suffered further injury to itself or other passengers." The kangaroo was taken to a vet for a check-up and will be released back into the wild.

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