Kangaroos on loose in southeast Arizona

Authorities in Tucson still are trying to locate two kangaroos that escaped from a private home.

“When we are searching for people we usually release what’s called an ATL (Attempt To Locate), which is read out loud by dispatchers to other deputies in the area”.

Department spokesman Tracy Suitt told the Guardian a person reported that one wallaroo, named Boomer, ran away on Monday afternoon.

After talking to the animals’ owner, a department spokesman confirmed today that the marsupial in question was actually a wallaroo- a smaller member of the kangaroo family. Another wallaroo, named Bouncy, is missing but might still be on her owner’s property.

Deputies said the kangaroos escaped from their owner’s yard Monday and were seen wandering on the far northwest side of the city.

They were captured on video by somebody who spotted them hopping through desert brush along a rural road.

They were last seen around the Tucson Mountain District, near Anway and Avra Valley roads in Marana. PCSO says it is legal to own them, if it is properly done.

Suitt said that a second animal may also have escaped.

Anyone who spots the kangaroos is asked to call 911, not Crocodile Dundee.