the department announced. <\/a><\/p>\nRex was found around 9 p.m. on Tuesday near a retention pond by a Walmart, a half mile from the sanctuary, after a group of teens decided to drive to the area to search for him, the outlet reported. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe just decided to look for a wallaby,\u201d Keith Miller, a member of the search party, told the outlet. <\/p>\n
The group of pals from Marlton and Voorhees spent roughly three hours looking for the adorable animal before finding him, they recalled to the outlet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey hopped the fence first and tried to get him into one spot,\u201d another teen, Leandro Vera, said. <\/p>\n
Rex was found around 9 p.m. on Tuesday near a retention pond by a Walmart, a half mile from the sanctuary, after a group of teens decided to drive to the area to search for him. CBS News<\/p>\n
Rex was found around 9 p.m. on Tuesday near a retention pond by a Walmart after a group of teens decided to drive to the area to search for him. CBS News<\/p>\n
\u201cWe trapped him into a brush pile right here.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Rex was cornered, the friends managed to pick him up by his tail.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said get him by the tail because that\u2019s probably the strongest part of the animal,\u201d Laine Viviano said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very unique experience, and I\u2019m glad I can put that on my resume now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rex was in good condition when he was found, according to Layden, who expressed immense gratitude for the teens and the community\u2019s help with the search. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was in great condition, like it was nothing,\u201d Layden said. \u201cHe was just out for a stroll. He wasn\u2019t even stressed out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI really appreciate all the help that the community and everybody gave,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Wallabies are members of the kangaroo clan and primarily inhabit Australia and nearby islands. The small to medium-sized marsupials can weigh up to 53 pounds, according to National Geographic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A runaway wallaby named Rex was found and returned home with help from a group of teens after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[3755,5871,1997,79,66274,194,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-383119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-rescue","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-jersey","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-search-and-rescue","13":"tag-us-news","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}