Wallaby on the run near Berlin A wallaby has been spotted hopping through a field near the A10 autobahn, Berlin's version of the M25, just days after a rhinoceros was found wandering in a small town outside the city. The two animals had made a bid for freedom within a few days of each other. The rhino, which escaped from a circus, has been recovered, but the wallaby, which belongs to a private owner, remains at large, and officials are at a loss as to how to capture it. An attempt to corner it on a slip road failed when the marsupial effortlessly gave firemen and council workers the slip. The police are doing their best to avoid getting involved. "We are only responsible when it hops on the road," said a spokesman. The escaped marsupial is a female, around two feet high, and is reportedly carrying a joey in its pouch. Local residents have been asked to keep a watch out for the wallaby, and vets plan to shoot it with a tranquilliser gun if they can track it down. There has been no sighting since Tuesday morning, but Michael Breuer of the Potsdam animal rescue service told RBB, a local broadcaster that female wallabies do not move far when they are with young. If the runaway wallaby is not found soon, there will be fears for how long it can survive with the harsh German winter looming. Temperatures of -4C are predicted for the weekend.