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==United Kingdom==
Documented colonies of [[Red-necked wallaby|red-necked wallabies]] exist in the United Kingdom. A breeding colony established itself after breaking loose from a private zoo in Leek, [[Staffordshire]] in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A786477 |title=Derbyshire's Wallabies |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2010-03-02}}</ref> Their population seems to have peaked in the 1970s, reaching numbers between 60 and 70. There were no confirmed sightings of the wallabies between 2000 and 2007, with some locals believing they must have died out. In 2009, newspapers reported wallaby sightings (including clear pictures) that made reference to sightings in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 24, 2009|title=Hoax or reality? Wallaby captured on hiker’s camera|work=Macclesfield Express|url=https://www.macclesfield-live.co.uk/news/local-news/hoax-reality-wallaby-captured-hikers-2531576|access-date=June 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 29, 2009|title=Wallabies|url=http://www.roaches.org.uk/wallabies.html|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=The Roaches}}</ref> In recent years, BBC News has documented numerous wallaby sightings across the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-12-23|title=Wallaby roaming wild in Somerset countryside captured|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-50890656|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Would roo believe it? Wallaby spotted in Wales|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-52668340|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Wallaby spotted crossing the road|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-46349957|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Wallaby 'spotted near pub'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-39860558|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Wallaby spotted hopping around streets|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-tees-55047977|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Wallaby spotted on North Tyneside golf course|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-tyne-55222640|access-date=2021-02-05}}</ref>

[[Inchconnachan]], an island in [[Loch Lomond]] in Scotland, also has a population of wallabies after they were introduced by Lady Arran Colquhoun in the 1920s.<ref name="lln">{{cite web|title=Loch Lomond Islands: Inchconnachan|url=http://www.loch-lomond.net/theloch/inchconnachan.aspx|access-date=2013-05-03|publisher=Loch Lomond.net}}</ref>

Subsequent sightings have been made including a report of a Bennett’s wallaby filmed by zoologist Maurice Melzak in [[Highgate Cemetery]], Hampstead, London in October 2013,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/10396734/Wallaby-spotted-in-Highgate-Cemetery.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209093716/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/10396734/Wallaby-spotted-in-Highgate-Cemetery.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-02-09 |title=Wallaby spotted in Highgate Cemetery |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2013-10-22 |access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> and an albino wallaby in Northamptonshire in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wallaby damned! Rare albino mammal spotted hopping around in... Northamptonshire|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11780450/Wallaby-damned-Rare-albino-mammal-spotted-hopping-around-in...-Northamptonshire.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806002859/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/11780450/Wallaby-damned-Rare-albino-mammal-spotted-hopping-around-in...-Northamptonshire.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2015|access-date=18 August 2015|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|date=3 August 2015}}</ref><br>