Blyth Wildlife Rescue are 'pleased' they found a wondering wallaby after it disappeared since it made a public appearance in a street.
A wallaby called Choppy due to its first appearance wandering around Chopwell in Gateshead, has now been found and has a forever home at Northumberland College Zoo.
It was first spotted at 8:30am on October 20 and was missing until 5am on October 29 when animal rescue services received a call that it was in a large dog trap.

In a Facebook post, Byth rescue said: "We received a call from BWUK - BeastWatch UK requesting our assistance to help with a trapped wallaby in Chopwell, Gateshead.

"The wallaby had been contained for several hours with help from the local volunteers and The Lost Dog Trapping Team Search And Rescue Network CIC, who supplied and set up a large dog trap in a secluded area.

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Hexham Courant:

"Our emergency medic team was mobilised immediately, with three vehicles arriving on scene at 6.30am. Once mobilised, we made contact with our charity vets, Dr Allan and Sharon Wright of Wrights’ Vets to request their attendance to administer sedation to allow safe onward transport. The wallaby had sustained a severe injury to its face after trying to get out of the trap, so we had to ensure prompt action and a plan to prevent further injury and distress.

Hexham Courant:

"Meanwhile, arrangements were made to transfer him to a secure home at Northumberland College Zoo at Kirkley Hall.

"We would like to express our thanks to Salem, Joanne, Lisa and Reuben of BeastWatch UK and The Lost Dog Trapping Team for their long stint closely tracking and containing him.

"Our sincere gratitude also goes to the fantastic team at Northumberland College Zoo who have provided Choppy with a forever home. Without the expertise of our vet team at Wrights Vets, this rescue would have been much more difficult and we are extremely grateful to them."

Hexham Courant: