Overview
- Owners discovered the Bennett's wallaby missing Wednesday morning and after about eleven hours of searching they found Karl‑Heinz near a friend's farm, corralled him and drove him back to his enclosure.
- Karl‑Heinz is a 2½‑year‑old male Bennett's wallaby about 1.40 meters tall who shares an outdoor run with roughly 20 chickens and is said to deter foxes.
- The search was led by the owners with many local helpers and included multiple reported sightings around Blasienberg, Itzlingen and near Landstraße 1060 before the evening capture.
- Police limited their role to checking for risks to road users on Landstraße 1060 while a veterinarian accompanied the search with a blowpipe ready but did not administer any sedative.
- Local media treated the incident as a resolved human-interest story and residents emphasized the animal returned unharmed and unstressed, highlighting questions about keeping exotic animals as working companions on small farms.