Wallaby in Neath

[sirenia]

Not a major discovery or story, but Wallabies aren't often seen in Wales.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-52668340/would-roo-believe-it-wallaby-goes-walkabout-in-wales

[AnimalToyForum]

Curious timing, a wallaby was reported washed up on a Dublin beach a couple of days ago: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/wallaby-dublin-beach-malahide-animals-18243540

A wallaby on either side of the Irish sea in the space of a few days, coincidence!? Probably, the Irish one came from Lambay Island off the coast of Dublin, where a colony of wallabies have lived since the 1950s: https://www.thejournal.ie/wallabies-lambay-island-2-3516673-Jul2017/

Any thoughts where the living Welsh one came from?

[sirenia]

Curious timing, a wallaby was reported washed up on a Dublin beach a couple of days ago: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/wallaby-dublin-beach-malahide-animals-18243540

A wallaby on either side of the Irish sea in the space of a few days, coincidence!? Probably, the Irish one came from Lambay Island off the coast of Dublin, where a colony of wallabies have lived since the 1950s: https://www.thejournal.ie/wallabies-lambay-island-2-3516673-Jul2017/

Any thoughts where the living Welsh one came from?

Based on the report, they think it's from a former wildlife park that wasn't too far away, that still has some of it's animals. Wallaby's do do well in the U.K., there have been some spotted in the Cotswold's.