Wallabies are present in the UK after escaping from private collections and zoos. <\/p>
Can wild wallabies be found in the UK? Yes! Why? It\u2019s thought the populations stem mainly from animals escaped from zoos and private collections. In 2020, researchers from University College Dublin and the University of South Wales\u00a0mapped\u00a095 confirmed wallaby sightings<\/a> in a study published in\u00a0Ecology & Evolution<\/em>.<\/p> Where are the wallabies? Well, the sightings, recorded between 2008-2018, were mainly in the south of England and included two females with joeys in their pouches, suggesting wild breeding.\u00a0When asked\u00a0in May, one of the study\u2019s authors, Dr\u00a0Anthony Caravaggi, told\u00a0BBC Science Focus<\/em>\u00a0he had received\u00a010\u00a0reports of\u00a0wallaby\u00a0sightings already in 2023 and was looking to fund a fresh study on\u00a0them.\u00a0<\/p> Read more:<\/strong><\/p> Asked by: Marion Thomas, via email<\/strong><\/p> To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don’t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Wallabies are present in the UK after escaping from private collections and zoos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34385,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/10\/wild-wallabies-sightings-are-growing-in-the-uk-heres-exactly-where.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Wallabies are present in the UK after escaping from private collections and zoos.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/34384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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