Wallaby still on the run in Gloucestershire

The Australian marsupial, dubbed “Skippy” by police, was spotted in the Dursley area of Gloucestershire on Saturday night. “We have found one!”

The police force first tweeted about the odd incident at around 9.30pm last night, saying: “Bit of an unusual one”.

Anyone who sees the animal is asked to call police on 101 and quote incident number 462.

Grace Watkins, head of department for animal management at Hartpury, said: “I know there’s been a few speculation that this wallaby could be one that escaped from Hartpury in 2012, but that is highly unlikely”.

They later added: ‘Kangaroo update – we have it cornered “outback” of a house in Woodmancote but no owner identified yet.

The cops later joked: “Not the usual bouncers that we’re interacting with on a Saturday night”.

When the woman first reported the four-foot animal to police, she showed stunned officers a picture of the crafty creature.

They tracked it down and quickly cornered the kangaroo but it evaded capture by storming towards them and jumping over a wall.

Gloucestershire police managed to corner the kangaroo just before 10pm BST, but reports indicated that the kangaroo had managed to escape once again just before midnight.

Rich Gillingham, whose garden was searched for the wallaby, said: “That was one of the most freaky evenings of my life”.

‘It was too strong, got by me and once it had got by me it was gone.

The most noticeable difference between the animals is size: wallabies reach up to 2ft in height, while kangaroos can reach 8ft.

“The animal may be distressed and they are strong and powerful animals so members of the public are advised not to approach it”.