Thread: Public advised not to approach escaped kangaroo in Chiang Mai

The public has been asked not to try to get close to a runaway red kangaroo, which escaped from Chiang Mai Zoo this morning. Not only could people get hurt, but the animal could be startled and suffer heart failure.


Pupichit Chuaybamrung, chief of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, said that those who spot the kangaroo should alert the authorities immediately.


“Officials plan to sedate the animal to prevent it from being harmed,” he said in a press briefing today.


Any sighting of the kangaroo, which is the largest of the species, can be reported by calling his mobile phone (089-555-6444) or Wuthichai Muangman, director of Chiang Mai Zoo (081-594-3547).


Meanwhile, veterinarian Kannika Jantarangsri explained that the red kangaroo is very strong and muscular. It is fast and can jump very far.


“A red kangaroo is easily startled and could go wild. In such a case, it could suffer heart or kidney damage. We have to find it within two or three days, otherwise it may die,” the vet said.


An investigation into the escape found that the two-year-old kangaroo, one of 23 such marsupials in the zoo, sneaked out of a cage in the Australian animal zone, when a staff member entered during the morning feeding time.


Officials failed to catch the animal, which hopped out of the zoo and along a road heading to Ban Huay Kaew village and Doi Suthep.


About 20 officials from the national park and Chiang Mai Zoo were deployed to search for it. They found its footprint, but have still not located it. They also fear that the animal could be attacked by dogs in the community.


The escape came to light after motorists spotted the animal hopping along a road and filmed it. The images went viral.

Public advised not to approach escaped kangaroo in Chiang Mai - Thai PBS World

You just couldn't make this stuff up. A kangaroo on the run in northern Thailand.

Originally Posted by 39TG

You just couldn't make this stuff up. A kangaroo on the run in northern Thailand.

Well more on the hop really.

A front page story in Australia?

Yep, front page roos.

I see they only realised it was gone because people reported seeing it in the streets.

My brother tells the tale of being at a back yard barbecue, in the sticks of middle Georgia, when the host started screaming he saw a kangaroo. No one believed him. They reckoned he was very very drunk. A few days later, this guy was in the news holding a wallaby he caught in his back yard. Who knows where that thing came from.

Somchai, what's that?

My roo.

Escaped kangaroo in Chiang Mai found dead

A red kangaroo, which escaped from Chiang Mai Zoo on Wednesday, has been found dead, Attapon Srihayrun, Director-General of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand, said today.


Photos, which have gone viral, show the body of the animal lying in a creek inside Doi Suthep-Pui National Park.


The discovery ends a two-day search, after the two-year-old kangaroo escaped from Chiang Mai Zoo on Monday morning, when its keeper entered its cage during feeding time.


The escape first came to light when local villagers spotted the animal, with some filming it hopping along a road heading to Doi Suthep.


Scores of officials from Chiang Mai Zoo and the wildlife department had been searching for the marsupial since Wednesday morning.


The public had been asked not to approach the animal, as it could pose a danger to both people and the animal, which could be startled and suffer heart failure.


Veterinarian Kannika Jantarangsri explained on Wednesday that the red kangaroo is very strong and muscular. It is fast and can jump very far.


“A red kangaroo is easily startled and could go wild. In such a case, it could suffer heart or kidney damage. We have to find it within two or three days, otherwise, it may die,” the vet said.


There are now 22 kangaroos in Chiang Mai Zoo’s Australian zone.

Escaped kangaroo in Chiang Mai found dead - Thai PBS World

Poor little Joey.

That is sad. Poor lil Skippy.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Somchai, what's that?

My roo.

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Sometimes I don't know why I bother.

We got it, it’s just that folk couldn’t bring themselves to post that it was indeed funny and quite well turned.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

it was indeed funny and quite well turned.

That's my morning made. Another successful day in the bag.

Originally Posted by Edmond

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Sometimes I don't know why I bother.

I enjoyed it.