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Runaway Wallaby Rex Found Safe Near New Jersey Walmart After Daylong Search

Community tips plus a drone-assisted search led to the 3-year-old’s recovery after an unlocked enclosure let him slip out.

Overview

  • Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown said Rex was captured Tuesday night near the local Walmart and returned to the sanctuary.
  • The farm credited community volunteers — including “some really cool kids and a really cool dad” — with helping secure the animal.
  • Monroe Township Police said the wallaby had escaped when an enclosure was left unlocked and was nearly struck by a car Monday near East Malaga Road and South Black Horse Pike.
  • A drone pet-locating company aided the search as social-media videos showed the marsupial hopping through the Walmart parking lot.
  • Authorities and the farm urged people not to chase loose exotic animals and to contact owners or police to avoid risks in high-traffic areas.