Loose Kangaroo Hops Around Kraków, Police Launch Search

An exotic visitor surprised Kraków residents! A loose kangaroo is hopping around the city, and a search for the escapee is underway.

A Kangaroo in the Spotlight

A kangaroo on the loose in Kraków? It sounds like a joke, but it is reality. Residents keep reporting new places where the marsupial has been spotted: Nowa Huta, the Tysiąclecia housing estate, and the area around Hipokratesa Roundabout. Every new video and photo immediately makes its way onto the internet, turning the animal into a true city celebrity.

The Exotic Escapee Under Scrutiny

According to preliminary findings, the kangaroo most likely escaped from an agritourism farm in Maszyce near Kraków. If information from rescue groups’ social media profiles is to be believed, this was not its first „walk” outside its enclosure. However, a journey of this range by the marsupial is entirely new on Lesser Poland’s streets.

The Search for the Escapee

At the site where the kangaroo was last seen in Nowa Huta, specialists from the Kraków Society for the Protection of Animals (KTOZ) and the Police are already on the scene. The kangaroo will most likely be caught within the next few hours and returned to the breeding farm it escaped from.

Update: The Kangaroo Has Been Caught

Earlier in the day, officers from

@kmpkrakow received a report about a kangaroo that was reportedly in the Kalinowe housing estate area in Kraków. A patrol located the animal near the Tysiąclecia housing estate. The kangaroo was caught just before 5 p.m. in the Złota Jesień housing estate area. The animal was handed over to its owner, who runs a breeding farm in one of the towns in Kraków County.

Przed południem policjanci z @kmpkrakow otrzymali zgłoszenie o kangurze, który miał znajdować się w okolicy os. Kalinowego w Krakowie. Patrol zlokalizował zwierzę w okolicy os. Tysiąclecia. Kangur został złapany tuż przed godz. 17 w rejonie os. Złotej Jesieni. Zwierzę zostało…

— Małopolska Policja (@kwpkrakow) September 17, 2025