Two wallabies become five in a few years, 1920.

LOST WALLABIES REAPPEAR

Three years ago R. H. Trent lost two wallabies, which escaped from his private menagerie on Alewa Heights. Now he has five. Continue reading

“[They] may propagate and produce eventually a breed of Hawaiian wallabies.” 1916.

RICHARD H. TRENT’S WALLABIES FLEE FROM THEIR CAGES

Strange Australian Pets of Real Estate Man Escape Into Mountains

Richard H. Trent, Honolulu’s animal impresario, issues a call to all citizens of Oahu today to join in a mammoth, personally conducted wallaby hunt, the first of its kind ever held in the Hawaiian archipelago. Continue reading

Wallabies in Hawaii, 1916.

Infant Wallaby In Trent Zoo Killed by Dogs

Canines Then Attack Parents of Little Macropodine and Drive Them To Hills

Richard H. Trent is still looking for his hundred-dollar wallabies, small editions of the kangaroo family, imported from Australia to grace his private zoological garden on the beautiful, breezy Alewa Heights, where the public is always welcome to take a look at the exhibits. Continue reading