Escaped wallaby captured after 2-hour chase through Belgian city

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- An escaped wallaby was recaptured in Belgium after leading animal rescuers on a 2-hour chase through the center of a city.

Personnel from the Nature Help Center were dispatched Friday morning when a wallaby, a smaller cousin of the kangaroo, was spotted hopping loose in the city of Genk, Limburg.

Nature Help Center rescuers and police chased the wallaby for about 2 hours before they were able to capture the marsupial.

The wallaby's owner was known to Nature Help Center officials and the animal was returned to its enclosure.