TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When Scooter the llama busted out of his penned-in yard in Tallahassee, it took three county sheriff's deputies and a taser gun to get him back in again.

The 6-foot-tall, 7-year-old llama outran the authorities in Tallahassee for a while, even leaping over a 4-foot fence to avoid capture, Leon County Lt. Tony Drzewiecki said Sunday.

"Scooter was running in the middle of the road, so he was going to cause an accident eventually," Drzewiecki said.

Outside of Tampa, meanwhile, authorities chased an errant kangaroo for 10 hours before finally getting close enough Sunday to stop him with tranquilizer darts.

Scooter's owner, Jack Conrad, discovered him missing sometime Friday night and searched for him until the early morning hours of Saturday, Drzewiecki said.

Authorities also heard from concerned residents. One reported a camel on the loose; another claimed to have spied an alpaca trotting by.

Police cornered the furry fugitive Saturday morning. After putting a lasso around its neck, it took six deputies to place the roughly 300-pound Scooter into a trailer. Drzewiecki said they used a taser gun to subdue the animal because llamas don't respond to voice commands.

Conrad, Scooter's owner and the owner of three other llamas, will not be cited but has agreed to beef up his fence line, Drzewiecki said. Conrad could not be reached for comment Sunday.

Llamas are considered a domestic species and do not require a permit, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

In the town of Lacoochee, Fla., authorities Sunday were still searching for the owner of a 200-pound male kangaroo that they captured after a nearly 10-hour chase.

A family living in the area owns other kangaroos, but has not yet claimed this one as theirs, said Pasco County Sheriff's spokeswoman Melanie Snow.

Wildlife officials say a person can own a kangaroo if they have the specific permits to do so.

 LordofHats wrote:
Clearly this is just another plot by Ezma to get rid of Kusco and take over the empire.

Spoiler:

3 county sheriff's deputies and a taser gun to do what 1 Mongo can do? Crazy talk

 Hordini wrote:
City folk be actin' like they never seen a llama before, yo.

 Frazzled wrote:
At the Houston house we used to have cattle get out of the fences all the time. nothing like taking a walk and having a momma and her calf join up with you.

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
At the Houston house we used to have cattle get out of the fences all the time. nothing like taking a walk and having a momma and her calf join up with you.

Did you ever convince them to join you at the BBQ?

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Shame, you could have had some nice fresh steak

 Frazzled wrote:
In Texas jurisdiction, thats effectively cattle russling. We hang rustlers around these parts. And people who get their salsa from New York City.

NEW YORK CITY!!! Get a rope.

LACOOCHEE, Fla. - A kangaroo that was on the run in Pasco County is being held in a pen after wildlife officers used a tranquilizer to stop him.

The sheriff's office, along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, captured the kangaroo Sunday morning. The male kangaroo had been on the run since Saturday night and was spotted along the area of Lacoochee.

The 200-pound kangaroo led deputies on a lengthy chase that ended nearly ten hours later.

Authorities have not found the owners of the animal, but sheriff's office spokeswoman Melanie Snow says a family living in the area has other kangaroos. They have not yet claimed the kangaroo as their own. Wildlife officials say a person can own a kangaroo if they have the specific permits to do so.