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Kangaroo back home after hopping around this SC county

By Teddy Kulmala
This undated photo provided by Animal Planet Network shows a kangaroo named Dave. Emergency officials in McCormick County, SC, said on Tuesday, May 15, that a kangaroo was on the loose.
This undated photo provided by Animal Planet Network shows a kangaroo named Dave. Emergency officials in McCormick County, SC, said on Tuesday, May 15, that a kangaroo was on the loose. Animal Planet Network via AP)
MCCORMICK COUNTY, SC

A kangaroo is back home after several hours on the loose in McCormick County.

Details about how the marsupial got loose were not immediately available on Tuesday. .

"Please do not try to catch or play with the Kangaroo in Clarks Hill," McCormick County Emergency Services said in a Facebook post around 8:30 a.m. "The Sheriff's office and the owner are aware that he is out and hopping/jumping" along S.C. 28.

Multiple Augusta-area outlets reported Tuesday afternoon that the kangaroo is back home.

There is no state law that prohibits someone from owning a kangaroo, according to Capt. Robert McCullough of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

Clarks Hill is located near the Georgia state line, about 80 miles west of Columbia.

This story was originally published May 15, 2018 at 9:07 AM with the headline "Kangaroo back home after hopping around this SC county."

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