{"id":1136868,"date":"2026-08-08T00:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1136868\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:54:25","slug":"runaway-swiss-wallaby-reunited-with-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1136868\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway Swiss wallaby reunited with owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ac6ae03c87bb7bf9156f6ca5bc11b4611869a080-91858974.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"AG: kangaroo spotted at the edge of a woodland\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                AG: kangaroo spotted at the edge of a woodland            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        A wallaby has been captured in central Switzerland and returned to its owner after hopping away from a farm.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\/track-selector__options\">\n<li>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        August 7, 2026 &#8211; 16:21\n<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper Blick published a short video of the marsupial (originally thought to be a kangaroo) near the edge of a woodland near a youth camp in Dietwil, a village between Lucerne and lake Zug in central Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations later led to the marsupial\u2019s owner being located in the nearby canton of Lucerne. According to Blick, the owner is a licensed wallaby farm.<\/p>\n<p>The large animal rescue service of neighbouring canton Aargau managed to capture the wallaby. <\/p>\n<p>This was announced by the press office of the Aargau Department of Health and Social Affairs, responsible for animal welfare, confirming similar reports circulated by various media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>* This article was updated at 1640 from an original version<\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>            Have you ever heard anything peculiar about Switzerland that you found interesting?        <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-debate-card__text\">\n<p>                Is there anything peculiar related to Switzerland that has caught your interest? 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