WISCONSIN AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR A KANGAROO - YES, A KANGAROO
Wednesday, January 5th, 2005 -- 11:58 AM
Iowa County sheriff's deputies have searched in the past for the occasional wandering emu or bobcat - but never a kangaroo, until now.Several residents called the sheriff's department Monday night to report seeing a kangaroo along some rural highways in the southwestern Wisconsin Township of Dodgeville.
"The people that reported it were quite apprehensive to report it because they didn't want to be made a fool of," Sheriff Steve Michek said Tuesday.
His department is taking the calls seriously because of the number of people who saw the animal. Deputies are trying to determine whether someone was transporting the animal and it escaped.
In the meantime, the sheriff's department is urging residents to stay on the lookout for a brownish-red, 150-pound animal with large hind legs and a mean kick.
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