Watch: Wallaby caught on camera in an English town
A pastry shop owner filmed a wallaby hopping through central Liskeard, Cornwall, early Monday. Scot Weller of Original Cornish Pasties captured the watch wallaby caught camera moment on his drive to work around 5:30 a.m., then lost the animal. Police searched but could not find it; the RSPCA says wild wallabies live in England.
The clip, shared on the Original Cornish Pasties Facebook page, shows the marsupial bouncing down a town road at dawn — the kind of bizarre news sighting that rarely turns up on a weekday commute.
According to UPI, Weller spotted the animal while heading to work and quickly realized it was no ordinary dog on the loose.
Key Takeaways
- Scot Weller filmed a wallaby hopping through Liskeard, Cornwall, around 5:30 a.m. Monday.
- He first mistook the animal for a German shepherd before noticing it was hopping.
- Devon and Cornwall Police responded but could not locate the marsupial.
- The RSPCA says England has an established wild wallaby population from past escapes.
Where was the wallaby filmed in England?
The footage places the wallaby in Liskeard, a town in Cornwall in southwest England. Weller said he saw it hopping down a local road and later going past a Spar shop as he tried to keep it in view.
He told the BBC he planned to alert the RSPCA or police so they would know a wallaby was in the area. He eventually lost track of the animal before officers arrived.
What did the pastry shop owner say he saw?
Weller, owner of Original Cornish Pasties, described a double-take moment on his morning commute. Dark coloring and large ears first made him think of a German shepherd.
"I originally thought it was like a German shepherd, because of the dark colors and the big ears — and I was thinking: 'Hang on. No, it's not. It's hopping,'" he told the BBC, as reported by UPI.
"Then it's going past the Spar shop and I thought I'm going to follow that because I'll have to tell the RSPCA or the police that there's a wallaby around," he added.
Why might a wallaby be loose in Cornwall?
An RSPCA spokesperson said England already has an established wild population of wallabies, linked to multiple escapes from captivity over the years. The agency said this animal might be a wandering wild wallaby — or it could have escaped from a private collection.
That context helps explain how a wallaby could appear in a Cornish town center without an immediate circus or zoo nearby being named in reports.
Did police find the wallaby after the video?
Devon and Cornwall Police responded to the neighborhood after the sighting. Officers were unable to locate the marsupial, and its whereabouts after Weller lost sight of it remain unclear from available reports.
For now, the Facebook video is the clearest record of the encounter: a wallaby in the middle of an English town, caught on camera before it slipped out of view.