UPDATE: Since this story aired, the wallaby has been found and is now safe at home. Read more here.
A search is underway for a wallaby that escaped from a private farm in the Village of Sherman.
The wallaby was last seen on Monday evening on Route 430 near Findley Lake. It is brown and just over a foot tall.
The owner, Charlie Sorce, tells 7 News that if found, it will probably be found in a barn or garage.
Small Town Shelter, Inc is located in Sherman and is assisting in the search you can reach the shelter at 716-224-2244.
Sorce has a farm full of animals you wouldn’t expect like a camel, zebra, kangaroos, emus, and much more.
“I like animals, and they’re nicer than people,” Sorce said. “It’s my relaxation. I’m in the construction business, so anybody that understands construction knows how hectic it can get.”
Normally at Charlie’s farm, there are three wallabies in his pen, but when he went to check on them Sunday evening one was missing.
“I came out to feed everybody and said, ‘uh oh somebody is missing,’” Sorce said. “I looked all over for him, and he wasn’t with my kangaroos... sometimes they hang out. He got underneath a gate that wasn’t low enough.”
The Australian native animal is now lost in the woods of Chautauqua County.
The Small Town Shelter is asking everybody around the area to keep an eye out for a small brown animal hopping down the road.
“It’s a mini kangaroo,” Kelly Thornton said. “You’ll know if you see it, everybody knows that’s not normal for this area.”
Thornton said the best thing to do if you spot the animal is to try and enclose it until the shelter can come to rescue it.
“It’s not like a dog. You’re not going to be able to pull over, open your car door and call it in. It’s not going to jump in your car.”
In the meantime, Charlie hopes his farm family is all back together again soon.
