THE search for a missing wallaby was called off on Saturday, but his owners still haven’t given up hope.
Wallace the wallaby fled his enclosure at the Crazy Critters Experience headquarters in Johnstonebridge on April 26 and despite an extensive eight-day search of the area and surrounding forests, he has not been recovered.
Distraught owner Luke Mitchell announced that he was calling off the search via social media on Saturday, but he is still hopeful that Wallace is alive and well.
Luke said: “It is with great sadness, we announce we have exhausted all possible options of finding Wallace.
“Eight days from morning until night, little sleep, not even managed to finish a meal in eight days. We have had thermal and image recognition drones from 33 Air Solutions and Galloway Mountain Rescue.
“We have covered acres upon acres of land and forestry. We have had scent trained dogs and tracking dogs from UK Deer Track and Recovery in and neither have managed to trace a scent. We have searched mornings, afternoons, nights, early hours and had no success.
“We have made traps and left familiar items along with supplement food and had no results. We have run out of options to try and locate where he is, all evidence is suggesting he is nowhere near, in fact there’s no evidence other than possible sightings that he was ‘loose’. The lack of traceability or even signs of wallaby are none existent.
“I am hopeful, and praying, that Wallace has gone off on his own and will be found/seen or make his way home soon so this search leads onto a location or some form of intel to his whereabouts.
“Please continue to keep your eyes peeled and call us immediately if you see any signs of him.”
