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Rex the Wallaby found safe after escaping animal farm in New Jersey
Rex, an approximately 3-year-old wallaby, escaped from a Gloucester County animal farm overnight Monday and was later found safe Tuesday night.
WILLIAMSTOWN - The search for a missing wallaby that escaped an animal farm overnight Monday has come to a hoppy end.
What we know:
Rex, an approximately 3-year-old wallaby, escaped the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after his owner says someone left a gate unlatched.
The animal was spotted in a Walmart parking lot on Black Horse Pike on Tuesday morning as the search continued.
Rex was later found near a fenced-in retention pond adjacent to the Walmart in Williamstown where he was spotted Tuesday morning.
What they're saying:
Lots of Love Farm owner Ron Layden said he brought Rex into a barn due to the brutal wind gusts and bitterly cold temperatures.
"Since it was so cold, I brought him in the barn, I made a little cage in the barn for him, and somehow it didn't get locked," he said.
The backstory:
Wallabies are described as medium-sized marsupials, native to Australia and New Guinea.
While related to kangaroos and known for their powerful jumping abilities, wallabies are generally smaller animals.