Vietnamese Shelter to Adopt Four Smuggled Wallabies

Four wallabies smuggled to Vietnam will be transported to their new home in the country’s northwest region after authorities ruled out releasing them back to the wild. On the morning of Nov. 8, residents found the first wallaby in the bushes on the outskirts of Cao Bang province in Vietnam’s rural north. They discovered two additional wallabies the following day on the street and on Nov. 11, forest rangers spotted the fourth one. Videos and images on social media showed Vietnamese rangers using nets and a bag to catch the wallabies. Smugglers likely brought the animals from Australia and “dropped them along the Vietnam-China border,” according to Vietnamese authorities....