{"id":388813,"date":"2026-09-03T01:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388813\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:00:19","slug":"north-florida-wildlife-center-welcomes-two-red-kangaroos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388813\/","title":{"rendered":"North Florida Wildlife Center welcomes two red kangaroos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; The North Florida Wildlife Center welcomed two young female red kangaroos this week, named Tillie and Bonnie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cTheir arrival at the Wildlife Center is part of our long-term plan for the species, as we now have our small mob that will be made up of one male and three females,\u201d said Executive Director Ryan Reines. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He said the community will get to meet the mob of kangaroos during an upcoming Australia Walkthrough exhibit, which will feature Australian animals, like emus and kangaroos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The North Florida Wildlife Center is always in need of volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northfloridawildlife.org\/get-involved\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.northfloridawildlife.org\/get-involved\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/09\/02\/north-florida-wildlife-center-welcomes-two-red-kangaroos\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. Please include the article\u2019s headline in your message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Be the first to see all the biggest headlines by downloading the WCTV News app. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2024\/12\/18\/download-free-wctv-mobile-streaming-apps-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; The North Florida Wildlife Center welcomed two young female red kangaroos this week, named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[155616,8756,127164,510,15828,155613,232,234,233,155614,155615],"class_list":["post-388813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-australians-animals","tag-bonnie","tag-kangaroos","tag-north-florida","tag-north-florida-wildlife-center","tag-red-kangaroos","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tillie","tag-tillie-and-bonnie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}