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Tasmanian devil Mary found near Gold Coast theme park after two-week escape

Wednesday, 17 June 2026, 06:29 · 1 min read

A Tasmanian devil (a carnivorous marsupial native to the island state of Tasmania, Australia) named Mary has been recaptured after spending two weeks on the loose near a Gold Coast theme park in Queensland. Mary escaped from a quarantine enclosure at Paradise Country, reportedly clearing a fence in what keepers described as an "abnormally large leap," and was spotted on a home security camera roughly 2km away, with evidence of feeding on kangaroo and wallaby carcasses found in surrounding bushland. She was finally located late Tuesday in a patch of bush near Kopps Road and rushed to a veterinary hospital in an unstable condition, where she has since been stabilised and is undergoing further diagnostic testing.

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The GuardianTasmanian devil Mary found 2km from her Gold Coast theme park home after two weeks on the run ↗︎
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