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Cambridgeshire police corner wallaby on March outskirts | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Stunned police officers chased and caught a runaway wallaby in a "surreal" encounter. | Stunned police officers chased and caught a runaway wallaby in a "surreal" encounter. |
The animal was spotted "sitting by the side of a road" on the outskirts of March in Cambridgeshire on Tuesday. | The animal was spotted "sitting by the side of a road" on the outskirts of March in Cambridgeshire on Tuesday. |
PC Dotty Stott and Sgt Richard Stott managed to move the animal away from the traffic before it escaped and the pair chased it across a garden and fields. | PC Dotty Stott and Sgt Richard Stott managed to move the animal away from the traffic before it escaped and the pair chased it across a garden and fields. |
The wallaby's owner was located and the animal was returned safely. | The wallaby's owner was located and the animal was returned safely. |
"It was a bit surreal, to be honest," PC Stott said. | "It was a bit surreal, to be honest," PC Stott said. |
"We thought the traffic was slowing for a speed camera and then my sergeant leaned over and said, 'There's a kangaroo over there'." | "We thought the traffic was slowing for a speed camera and then my sergeant leaned over and said, 'There's a kangaroo over there'." |
After they made sure it was safely away from the traffic, the wallaby took off across some gardens, with the officers in hot pursuit. | After they made sure it was safely away from the traffic, the wallaby took off across some gardens, with the officers in hot pursuit. |
"Once we had it sort of cornered, a woman came out of the house and said she knew the owner," PC Stott said. | "Once we had it sort of cornered, a woman came out of the house and said she knew the owner," PC Stott said. |
"Then it made the great escape again and hared off across a field." | "Then it made the great escape again and hared off across a field." |
Once the owner was found, the officers returned to less "surreal" duties. | Once the owner was found, the officers returned to less "surreal" duties. |
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