Police made a bizarre find in Brooklyn, as officers said a man was spotted walking with a wallaby on a Coney Island boardwalk.
After a puzzling discovery on a busy Brooklyn boardwalk, officials say a pouched marsupial is adjusting to its new home on Long Island.
Owning a wild marsupial is illegal in New York City, so the officers seized the animal. The 22-year-old man who was seen with it was given a summons.
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