A kangaroo is back home after several hours on the loose in McCormick County.

Details about how the marsupial got loose were not immediately available on Tuesday. .

"Please do not try to catch or play with the Kangaroo in Clarks Hill," McCormick County Emergency Services said in a Facebook post around 8:30 a.m. "The Sheriff's office and the owner are aware that he is out and hopping/jumping" along S.C. 28.

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Multiple Augusta-area outlets reported Tuesday afternoon that the kangaroo is back home.

There is no state law that prohibits someone from owning a kangaroo, according to Capt. Robert McCullough of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

Clarks Hill is located near the Georgia state line, about 80 miles west of Columbia.