Fugitive kangaroo that spent four days on the run after escaping while being transferred between zoos in Canada punches cop in the face before being caught

A rogue kangaroo that punched a police officer in the face has been captured after spending four days on the run in Canada. 

The four-year-old female marsupial escaped last Thursday while being transported from Ontario to a zoo in Quebec.

Handlers launched a search for the unnamed animal, born and raised in captivity, and received a report of a possible sighting in Oshawa, 40 miles east of Toronto. 

After being briefed on safe capture techniques for kangaroos, police officers were able to sneak up behind her and grab her tail.

The kangaroo was not going to go down without a fight and punched one of the officers in the face, giving her one last chance to escape. 

Fortunately, the officer was not seriously injured, and authorities decided 'not to continue the investigation.'

The kangaroo escaped during a rest stop at the Oshawa Zoo and Fun Farm in Ontario, where she jumped on her handlers' heads and ran away. 

'They were trying to unload her into our warm facility un unpredictably, it jumped over them and ran across the road,' Cameron Preyde, a staff at the Oshawa Zoo told Global National. 

'It ran to a farm field and at night this thing was very very difficult to find,' Preyde added. 

The 'roo-haunt' lasted for four days until the Durham Regional Police received a reported kangaroo sighting on a rural property in northern Oshawa early Monday morning. 

The kangaroo that had escaped was seen hoping around in the area. 

Officers located the kangaroo and spent the next hour monitoring her activities until she appeared to take a little break around the intersection of Wilson Road and Winchester Road.

'While doing so the officers managed to sneak up behind her and grab her tail,' the Durham Regional Police said in a statement. 

'So in accordance with best practice by the handlers, the officers just actually grabbed it by the tail and they were able to safely keep her detained in the area,' Staff Sgt. Chris Boileau said Monday.

During the apprehension, the kangaroo attacked an officer by punching in his face, 'but he'll be just fine and we won't be continuing the investigation,' Boileau added.

'The kangaroo gave up and surrendered peacefully to police officers,' authorities said and later released the bodycam footage of the capture. 

In the video, an officer can be heard saying, 'You're okay; it's all good,' in an attempt to calm the animal down. 

The four-year-old suddenly rose from the ground and attempted to escape again, but she was eventually secured and placed in a patrol. 

She is currently recovering at the Oshawa zoo where she escaped and will travel to her original destination of Quebec in the near future.