I’m a huge animal lover. I like them more than humans. Of all of God’s creatures, I feel as if they are closet to God. A story where a human stays loyal to their animal warms my heat.

Christine Carr, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, has a partially paralyzed Kangaroo named Irwin as a pet. She has been clinically proven to be depressed. To alleviate her depression, she keeps the Kangaroo as therapy. The city decided to pass a law allowing people to keep exotic pets. The condition being, they take out $50,000 in insurance and other paperwork to keep him. The kangaroo is harmless due to his condition.  Christine got the insurance and filled out the paperwork. However, the city dragged its feet and she voted with hers. She and Irwin moved to another town.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman who keeps a partially paralyzed kangaroo as a therapy pet said Wednesday that she is moving to another city over a spat with local officials, even though they insist they haven’t told her to go or threatened to seize the animal.

Christie Carr, who says she has been diagnosed with depression, plans to take Irwin the kangaroo from Broken Arrow to McAlester to stay with her parents because of the fuss. Carr said she hastily packed what she could in her car Wednesday afternoon because she could “no longer trust” city officials.

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Carr, who was unable to work because of her health, first found comfort in the companionship of Irwin after meeting him while volunteering at a local animal sanctuary on the advice of her therapist.

Irwin fractured his neck and suffered brain damage when he ran into a fence, and Carr offered to take him home and nurse him back to health. Irwin cannot stand or walk on his own, although he can hop with assistance.

At first, Broken Arrow city officials feared that the red kangaroo could present a risk to public safety. Native to Australia, healthy male great red kangaroos can grow up to 7 feet tall, weigh more than 200 pounds and bound 25 feet in a single leap.

But veterinarians said Irwin would probably not grow larger than 50 pounds because of his injury and because he has been neutered. Carr’s therapist had certified the animal as a therapy pet under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

I am not a huge fan of keeping wild animals as pets, but Irwin was harmless. I applaud Christine for standing by her kangaroo. The loyalty an animal gives to human is unconditional. We should reciprocate that devotion as well.

This was another case of government getting involved in someone’s personal affairs.