Vietnamese Shelter to Adopt Four Smuggled Wallabies

Smugglers likely dropped the wallabies when smuggling them from Australia, authorities said.
Vietnamese Shelter to Adopt Four Smuggled Wallabies
A swamp wallaby looks on from it's new habitat in Sydney, Australia, on April 6, 2023. Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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Four wallabies smuggled to Vietnam will be transported to their new home in the country’s northwest region after authorities ruled out releasing them back to the wild.

On the morning of Nov. 8, residents found the first wallaby in the bushes on the outskirts of Cao Bang province in Vietnam’s rural north. They discovered two additional wallabies the following day on the street and on Nov. 11, forest rangers spotted the fourth one.

Nina Nguyen
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Nina Nguyen is a reporter based in Sydney. She covers Australian news with a focus on social, cultural, and identity issues. She is fluent in Vietnamese. Contact her at [email protected].
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