Vandals set loose 15 kangaroos from an Australian theme park in southern France, sparking a major search operation.
“When we arrived on Saturday morning, five pens had been broken open, their padlocks were smashed and the perimeter fence was torn in several places,” said Carole Masson, owner of the nature reserve in southwestern Carcassonne.
“We had 15 missing kangaroos — it was complete panic,” she told AFP.
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Firefighters and police were mobilized to track down the animals as they bounded through the woods.
“We found five in the park, and some more in the woods nearby. But three are still out there on the loose,” Masson said, adding that a warning has gone out to local drivers for fear the animals could stray onto a nearby highway.
“They are not aggressive or nervous animals by nature,” she said. “They’re probably just grazing quietly away somewhere.”
The theme park, which houses Australian animals alongside exhibits on Aboriginal culture and gold-digging, made French headlines last October when a pack of hunting dogs attacked and killed 44 kangaroos.
(AFP)
法國南部一座澳洲主題樂園展開大規模搜索行動，因為若干破壞者把園內十五隻袋鼠放了出來。
法國西南部卡卡頌這座自然保育園區的園主卡蘿．瑪森說：「我們週六早上抵達園內時，五座柵欄已被破壞打開，上面的掛鎖被撬開，周圍的籬笆也被拆得四散各處。」
她對法新社說：「我們遺失了十五隻袋鼠──真令人驚慌。」
這群袋鼠在樹林間跳躍穿梭，消防隊員和警察都動員加入追捕。
瑪森說：「我們在園區裡找到五隻，又在附近樹林裡發現更多，不過仍有三隻脫逃在外。」她還說，因為擔心這些袋鼠可能在附近公路上晃蕩，已對當地駕駛發出警告。
她說：「袋鼠天生不好鬥也不會神經質，牠們現在可能就是在某處靜靜吃草。」
該主題樂園去年十月才因一群獵犬攻擊、殺死四十四隻袋鼠而登上法國新聞頭條。園內原住民文化與淘金展區旁即是圈養澳洲動物的圍欄。
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
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