Police say they rescued a young albino wallaby from a Tel Aviv apartment, after it was stolen from a zoo in northern Israel.
Two suspects broke into the Gan Garoo Zoo, an Australia-themed animal park in the Beit She’an valley, and made off with the joey overnight, taking it to a home in northern Tel Aviv.
After receiving a report of the burglary the next morning, Northern District police raided the apartment to find not only the wallaby but several other exotic animals kept in cages. It is unclear whether these animals were stolen as well.
The wallaby is undergoing medical examinations and is expected to be returned to the zoo, police say.
Officers arrested a suspect in his 60s for interrogation over the heisted kangaroo, but have not yet decided whether to request to keep him in custody.
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