wallaby.The young marsupial had only just learned to make his first steps outside of his mother's pouch when he must have been snatched from above by a beastly bird of prey, staff says.
Only a couple of days earlier, the Detroit Zoo shared on Facebook how excited it was to see the joey out and about in good health, describing him as a "new bundle of joy".
Last Sunday (May 8), the zoo in Michigan, US, announced how a search party had been launched and security footage was being checked to try and find him.An update on Tuesday provided no better news either, leading to the very real fear that the poor wallaby had been preyed upon and no longer alive.
The initial post said: "We are heartbroken to update you that the 5-month-old wallaby joey whose story we shared on Friday is missing.
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