BERLIN (AP) — A kangaroo — well, a wallaby to be precise — is on the loose in Berlin. City police say any passersby who spot it should keep their distance, but an eye on it too.

Chief Inspector Martin Halweg told The Associated Press in an email on Monday that Berlin police are no longer tailing the meandering marsupial because it’s not believed to pose a threat to public safety — for now.

Passersby tipped off police late Sunday morning about the animal on the run in the western Spandau area of Berlin. Officers were dispatched to try to catch the wallaby, which is a smaller relative of a kangaroo, but it darted into a forest, and the trail was lost.

Police don’t have special equipment for capturing kangaroos, only blankets or snares used to catch free-roaming dogs, Halweg said.

He said

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