{"id":799162,"date":"2026-08-02T11:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799162\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:10:40","slug":"roofus-the-kangaroo-rescued-after-a-week-on-the-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799162\/","title":{"rendered":"ROOfus the kangaroo rescued after a week on the loose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding ROOfus<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">ROOfus has been raised by the McClards since he was 3 months old. He&#8217;s now 4. He&#8217;d never tried to escape from the family&#8217;s home or his outdoor enclosure until he was spooked by a loud excavator on Friday, July 24.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">&#8220;He&#8217;s never tried to run away before, but we do know that he doesn&#8217;t like (loud) noises like dump trucks or&#8230; even the mower,&#8221; Dawn said in an interview after the escape.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">The McClards immediately put out a call on social media for Bloomfield area residents to watch for their beloved pet. <\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a couple of sightings. One this morning (Tuesday) from a FedEx driver&#8230;near Aquilla, but we went out there. We couldn&#8217;t find him anywhere,&#8221; Dawn said at the time. &#8220;And then yesterday we had another sighting here, very close to our home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">After four sightings near Aquilla, the next reports came from the Nestl\u0113 Mine Area along Highway AB. Eyes on the ground were backed up by a helicopter and drones, the latter courtesy of Black River Drone Works.<\/p>\n<p data-wisiwig-body1=\"true\" class=\"txtStyle_body1 mb_$body1\">During the search, ROOfus&#8217; family speculated he could be hiding in a forested area, which are scattered around Bloomfield. Kangaroos can go a long time without water, the McClards explained, so he theoretically would not need to stay near creeks or ponds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finding ROOfus ROOfus has been raised by the McClards since he was 3 months old. He&#8217;s now 4.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[4910,79,201],"class_list":["post-799162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-newsletter","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799162","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=799162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}