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Kangaroo on the loose in New York: police
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-08 10:41

NEW YORK  – Police in New York state were on the alert Thursday for a missing kangaroo which has been on the run for the past month.

Kangaroo on the loose in New York: police
A kangaroo sign in Australia. Police in New York state were on the alert Thursday for a missing kangaroo which has been on the run for the past month. [Agencies] 

According to the online newspaper The Oneida Daily, the one-meter (three-feet) tall marsupial escaped his cage in the town of Chittenango, some 400 kilometers (240 miles) west of Manhattan, and has been foot-loose ever since.

The animal was spotted Wednesday by several motorists in the neighboring town of Canastota, but a police search failed to turn up the critter.

Out of an abundance of caution, authorities urged citizens to take great care in approaching the animal, even though the kangaroo was not considered dangerous.