Animal kingdom: Exotic pets on the loose across Belgium
Living 19:26 01/02/2021 A wallaby escaped from its enclosure last Friday and hopped around Genk for a couple of hours before being recovered by its owner. Calls poured into the nature rescue centre in nearby Oudsbergen as the marsupial bounded past a school, down shopping streets and in and out of traffic. “Half of Genk saw the wallaby,” Dries Damiaens of the nature rescue centre told VRT. “That little beast didn’t make it easy for us, but it was eventually returned safe and sound to its owners.” Wallabies and kangaroos are legal to keep in Belgium as long as certain conditions are ...