Wallaby on the hop from police in Hampshire

A wallaby is giving police the hop around in Kingsclere, Hampshire. Officers were called to a report from a member of the public on Tuesday morning who said they spotted a ‘kangaroo like’ animal.



Tadley Police tweeted: “We have had a report of a kangaroo loose in #Kingsclere have you seen one? We are in the area looking now.” They later tweeted: “We have 5 or so confirmed sightings now of a wallaby (small kangaroo) in Kingsclere do you know where this has come from?”



A spokeswoman for Hampshire Police, Hazel Wills, said that officers have so far been unable to locate the animal. She added that they have contacted the RSPCA, but were told that as a wallaby is classed as a wild animal it should be left alone unless it is injured or distressed.



Police have advised anyone who spots the animal to contact the Tadley Safer neighbourhood Team. An alpaca, which police originally thought was a llama, was also on the loose in the same area, but police said they believed they had found its owner.