Stephanie Carter, the founder of Wallaroo Hat Company, is half Swiss, grew up in Colorado, married an Australian, and her own hiking résumé includes the Tour de Mont Blanc and the Camino de Santiago.

We said … ‘It’s not a dog, it’s a wallaroo.’

Police said they planned to verify that Wally’s owner had a permit for a wallaroo.

In addition to her two new monkeys, Nakhuda has two marmosets, a wallaroo and a handful of other unusual pets.

In 2014, two orangutans named Rokcky and Knobi escaped at the Indianapolis Zoo and in 1994 wallaroo named Mookie escaped, according to the Indianapolis Star newspaper.