Hilarious moment Florida woman calls 911 for help capturing ‘large’ Kangaroo on the loose in her apartment complex
Officials in Florida have released footage of the moment a large kangaroo jumps around an apartment complex.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a woman who saw the kangaroo jumping around the pool at her North Tampa complex on February 8.
The black and white footage shows the dodging kangaroo jumping around the apartment complex’s pool deck.
You will hear the dispatcher ask: ‘911, do you need police, fire brigade or medical assistance?’
But the confused woman replies: ‘I suspect police. There’s a kangaroo in my apartment complex.’
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a woman who saw the kangaroo hopping around her North Tampa complex on February 8.
In a Facebook post, the Bureau confirmed that their Agriculture Unit was able to reunite the animal with its owner after proper ownership registrations were verified.
A few seconds later you hear a bewildered officer say: ‘I really see a kangaroo. We closed it at the pool gate.”
The footage shows officials surrounding the kangaroo as the large marsupial continues to jump around the pool.
In a Facebook post, the Bureau confirmed that their Agriculture Unit was able to reunite the animal with its owner after proper ownership registrations were verified.
“Earlier this morning, our officers responded to a call in Tampa for a loose kangaroo they were able to capture in an apartment complex pool. “Thanks to the #teamHCSO agriculture unit, the kangaroo was reunited with its owner after proper ownership registrations were verified,” the release said.
In the black and white footage, the dodging kangaroo can be seen jumping across the apartment complex’s pool deck
The footage shows officials surrounding the kangaroo as the large marsupial continues to jump around the pool
Kangaroos are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea and, according to researchers, do not occur naturally anywhere else in the world.
The typically 6-foot-long marsupial is usually found in troops or herds consisting of 50 other kangaroos.
Because of their large feet, kangaroos can jump about 30 feet in a single bound and travel more than 30 miles per hour.
Black Wallaroos are the smallest species of kangaroos at about 20 kg.