DD Animal News – When a kangaroo was spotted hopping down a busy road in St. Cloud, Florida last month, locals were stunned—and animal experts were not surprised.
The marsupial’s wild romp on May 5 made headlines and raised eyebrows, but for Amazing Animals, the nonprofit sanctuary that took him in, it was just another day rescuing exotic pets that, frankly, don’t belong in backyards.
The kangaroo, affectionately named Hickory after Old Hickory Tree Road where he was found, was cornered in some bushes before Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) officers chemically immobilized him. He was taken to Amazing Animals in Osceola County, where he stayed for 10 days…