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Article: FROM AN ICY LANDSCAPE TO A WARM ZOO, CAPTURED KANGAROO STILL A THRILL.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2005
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Byline: Richard W. Jaeger Wisconsin State Journal
A warm bed -- and perhaps an appropriate name -- are making life a little more comfortable for the kangaroo found Wednesday morning while on a chilly walkabout in the Wisconsin countryside.
The big red kangaroo that led law enforcement and concerned citizens on a wild 'roo chase in Iowa County for nearly two days found those accommodations Wednesday after being captured by a posse of deputies and firefighters on a farm where the owner raises horses smaller than the wily marsupial.
By midday, it was hunkered down in a 60-degree heated area in the lower level of the administration building at the ...