Kangaroos in Texas?Woman spots animalon Interstate 20

You're waiting on the side of the road to be towed and you see a ... kangaroo. That's what what happened to Carlie Butler as she waited on Interstate 20 near Gordon, a town of around 500 people and about 98 miles west of Dallas. Are kangaroos native to Texas? Kangaroos do not roam free in Texas, Rebecca Hamlin, president of the North Texas Wildlife Center, confirmed Hamlin said she saw the video which went viral on TikTok. “No one has come forward or turned in a kangaroo to us recently. I assume it escaped its enclosure; we see this happen with exotics all over Texas.” The reason Texans may see unusual animals, such as kangaroos, is because the state is one of 14 with lenient exotic pet laws. Read more here: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/article/kangaroo-sighting-north-texas-viral-tiktok-22219802.php ( 🎥: Courtesy of Carlie Butler) Subscribe to The Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/subscribe/main/ Site: http://dallasnews.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/dallasnews Instagram: http://instagram.com/dallasnews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dallasmorningnews