Roo’d awakening

January 19, 2016 Read time: 1 min
In Australia an assertive kangaroo refused to budge from a Brisbane driveway, leaving a mother and her young child trapped in their car. The large kangaroo stood at the end of the driveway and only moved at last after the woman had repeatedly sounded her car horn. The animal was later moved to a rather less suburban location by the RSPCA.

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