Runaway kangaroo captured by Durham police
An escaped kangaroo was captured by police in the UK.The animal nicknamed Roo Emy May fled its enclosure at a zoo and had been missing for three days until officers found and rescued it in Durham on December 4.Body cam footage shows three policemen trying to calm Roo Emy May so they could secure it and safely transport it back to its caretakers.Roo Emy May struggled while the rope was being tied around its body and the men discussed what type of cage they would use to bring it home.Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) then made the kangaroo an honorary K9 Unit member after the rescue.
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00:00 [no audio]
00:29 [footsteps]
00:31 - You got it? - Yeah.
00:32 - Okay. You're okay. You're okay.
00:35 Let's get those feet back on there.
00:37 'Cause they're the dangerous part.
00:41 Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
00:45 It's okay. It's okay.
00:47 - I think that's the best way. - It's okay. All right.
00:49 All right.
00:51 If we can... What kind of cage is it?
00:53 Like, is it attached to a truck?
00:55 - It's attached to a truck. - Okay. Well, let's just...
00:57 - Walk it in. - Yeah.
00:59 Did he say if we could drive the truck back here?
01:01 - Yeah, yeah. - Okay.
01:02 Let's go around the belly.
01:04 See if I can get her up.
01:07 [indistinct chatter]
01:10 I'm gonna leave the moose here in a second.
01:12 [indistinct chatter]
01:15 [indistinct radio chatter]
01:20 That's mine.
01:22 - Let's go drive through behind mine. - Here.
01:24 I can, too, hand-walk her with this guy if you want me to do it.
01:26 It's okay. Just take...
01:28 You can probably squeeze through.
01:30 Just in front of my truck, I may be able to squeeze through.
01:32 Mind you, it might be unlocked.
01:36 I don't even know.
01:38 I bailed when Barrett said he had it.
01:40 Maybe he didn't have, like, a bury towel.
01:43 Yeah.
01:45 You're okay.
01:56 [breathing heavily]
01:59 Oh, she turned my camera on.
02:03 - Oh, did she? - Yeah.
02:04 Perfect. Now you got video evidence.
02:06 She might have been my leash, too.
02:08 - Yeah. - Oh, maybe not.
02:10 Oh, yeah, we're on snap, so...
02:23 We've been chasing her since Monday-- since Friday.
02:26 We had a four-mile up-and-down Winchester Road
02:31 at, like, 3 or 4 in the morning,
02:33 trying to corral her.
02:35 Hopefully Wes is-- hopefully the truck won't move her.
02:43 Yeah.
02:45 [sniffling]
02:47 All right.
02:55 Okay, ready?
03:11 - Put it in the back here. - Yeah.
03:14 [breathing heavily]
03:17 - Yeah. - Yeah.
03:22 - Okay. - Yeah.
03:24 We got to see a way we can get it off.
03:29 - Okay? - Yeah, I'm coming in. Ready?
03:36 Good girl.
03:38 We're in.
03:40 We got to get that leash off.
03:42 Just hold him.
03:44 Yeah, still got him.
03:47 - Okay, I got the-- - Yeah, throw it back in.
03:49 You close that door.
03:51 - Are we able to-- - Yeah, I'll slide it.
03:54 Let me know when you're out, and I'll pull it out just from the side.
03:57 - We can go right up to the Oshawa Zoo. - Yeah.
04:00 - Get back. - Awesome.
04:04 - Are you able to-- - Yep.
04:06 Now let it in.
04:08 - Okay. - Ready?
04:11 - Yeah. - You got the door?
04:13 - Yeah. - Okay.
04:15 - Here we go. - Good job, bud.
04:17 [indistinct chatter]
04:19 (laughing)