A pet wallaby escaped and was captured on home security cameras hopping around Eastern Kentucky for several days before being returned to its owners.

A home security camera has filmed a wallaby on the loose in the United States, a long way from its native country, Australia

Three days later, the wallaby was back. It turns out, the wallaby is a pet of a Kentucky resident and is legal to own, according to Fox 56. It was on the run for a few days before East Kentucky Thermal Drone Recovery helped to capture it and reunite it with its owners.

A wallaby on the loose in Kentucky was caught on security camera during a nighttime visit to a Perry County family's front yard.

“I never thought I would see the day,” Mullins wrote in a Facebook post shortly after seeing the animal the first time. The marsupial belongs to the same family as kangaroos and quokkas and is native to Australia. At the time of writing, the wallaby ...