{"id":53676,"date":"2015-10-17T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T22:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=53676"},"modified":"2015-10-17T18:53:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T22:53:05","slug":"watch-kangaroo-seen-hopping-around-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/watch-kangaroo-seen-hopping-around-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Kangaroo Seen Hopping Around New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — (Scroll down for video) — The owner of a Kangaroo named ‘Buster’ was visiting a friend on Staten Island when the critter got loose and led Officials on a wild chase.<\/p>\n

Per Daily Mail: The jumping Joey was spotted bouncing around on the street outside of Alb’s Auto Repair Shop on Staten Island and a witness was able to shoot a brief video, according to NBC New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

Police were called in to investigate where the kangaroo came from.<\/em><\/p>\n

They discovered that it had escaped from its owner’s home.<\/em><\/p>\n

After a brief hopabout in NYC’s least-populated borough, the kangaroo and its owner reunited.<\/em><\/p>\n

Having\u00a0a kangaroo as a pet in the city is prohibited but the kangaroo is legal in the upstate New York community where the owner lives, Pix11 reported.<\/p>\n

The owner told police that he and Buster were headed home.<\/p>\n

No charges were filed.<\/p>\n