What would you do if you saw someone with a kangaroo in their minivan?

[StellaBlue]

Seriously.

I was just at the local shopping center, and I was driving out of the parking lot, when I noticed a minivan outside one of the shops, with the back door open, and a large cage in the back with some kind of furry animal in it.

As I drove closer, I noticed the large crowd gathering (well, about ten people), and that a woman (the minivan driver, presumably?), to look at the BABY KANGAROO that was HOPPING around in the CAGE in the back of the MINIVAN. No shit.

I wrote down the license plate number. Should I inform someone? Who? The police? The Humane Society? In the UK, the appropriate people to inform would've been at the RSPCA - what about here?

I can't imagine that this lady had any legitimate use for a baby kangaroo.

[LeftyMom]

1. Animal control?

If she's got one for a legitimate reason she shoud likely have some sort of exotic animal permit, but I don't think anyone qualified to get one would leave an animal unsupervised in a vehicle. If they're not the ones to talk to, they should know who to call.

[StellaBlue]

2. thanks

I will call them in a mo and see what they say

[LeftyMom]

3. Keep me updated!

What a very odd situation. :wtf:

[AlienGirl]

9. Permitting requirements vary from location to location

If the wallaby was in an adequately sized cage and it's not sunny and hot or very cold, there's no reason not to leave him in the van for a few minutes while the owner goes to the store or whatever. I have seen lots of dogs left in cars briefly at the grocery store.

In many places there's no permit required for wallabies, as they are unlikely to go feral and become invasive.

Tucker

[skygazer]

4. I'd start singing

There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying,
and he gets himself up on one elbow,
and he turns to his mates,
who are gathered 'round him and he says:

Watch me wallabys feed mate.
Watch me wallabys feed.
They're a dangerous breed mate.
So watch me wallabys feed.
Altogether now!

Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.

Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
just keep me cockatoo cool.
Altogether now!

Take me koala back, Jack,
take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac,
so take me koala back.
Altogether now!

Let me Abos go loose, Lou, *
let me Abos go loose.
They're of no further use, Lou,
so let me Abos go loose.
Altogether now!

Mind me platypus duck, Bill,
mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amok, Bill,
mind me platypus duck.
Altogether now!

Play your digeridoo, Blue,
play your digeridoo.
Keep playing 'til I shoot thro' Blue,
play your digerydoo.
Altogether now!

Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred,
tan me hide when I'm dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde,
(Spoken) And that's it hanging on the shed.
Altogether now!

[XemaSab]

5. What about the dingoes?

:cry:

[LynneSin]

10. Becaused you asked for it....

[XemaSab]

12. Babies taste like chicken!

:hide:

[AlienGirl]

17. A dingo LICKED my baby!

My baby was in his stroller when we saw someone walking her dingo in downtown Olympia. So we stopped to pet the dingo and my baby got seriously face-licked. :-)

Tucker

[tinfoilinfor2005]

7. Laaa Laa Laaaa Laa lala Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

:o :o :o :o :o :P

What?

Wrong Key??

[Sanity Claws]

6. Could it be a wallaby?

Wallabies are kept as pets. Really.
here are a couple of links about pet wallabies:
http://www.pygmypets.com/wallaby.html
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art10416.asp

Personally, I'll stick to cats and dogs but to each his own.

[AlienGirl]

8. Probably a wallaby, and they're not uncommon exotic pets

Exotic pets aren't like cats and dogs; they're more like roommates from a profoundly different culture, but there are people who don't care about their furniture can successfully live with them.

Tucker

[Sanity Claws]

11. Haha

I checked your profile and see we're from the same area. Do you remember a story about a year or two where a family just moved into a home in the Tacoma area and a lost wallaby knocked at her door for help?
I think the lost wallaby was wandering around with a dog or another animal. I would have loved to have seen the expression on that woman's face.

[AlienGirl]

14. No, I didn't see that story!

We have a lot of exotic animal enthusiasts around here. My vet sees a lot of them, so going to his office can be fun--there's a snowy owl in the back, a lady with a fennec in the waiting room, pictures of servals and opossums and what-not on the walls...

Tucker

[mitchum]

16. Ohmygod...that's an incredibly cute image!

hey, I'm not a cynic all of the time

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. I'd go look at the 'roo

because they're adorable. :loveya:

And I wouldn't think the worst of people. :shrug:

[u4ic]

15. Throw out the joint

:scared:

[RevCheesehead]

18. I'd know I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque.

I :loveya: Roos!