Wildlife carers in Queensland caring for kangaroos
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342225)
Rockingham, Australia
February 23, 2022 6:00pm CST
This discussion is really to direct you to a link about two women who care for orphan or injured joeys (baby kangaroos). There are some great up-close-and-personal photos and footage of the kangaroos, and a kangaroo hunter also gives his ‘story’.
Farmers and graziers regard kangaroos as pests and are only to happy to shoot them. The hunters have a licence and can only shoot so many.
The interviewed hunter never shoots does (female kangaroos) and, if he comes across a little joey, he takes it to one of the carers. He has managed to reconcile his ‘soft side’ with the need to make a living.
The photo is of some kangaroos on our property.
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@sharonelton (29372)
• Lichfield, England
24 Feb 22
That is a great photo of the kangaroos. I should paint a kangaroo.
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@FourWalls (69090)
• United States
24 Feb 22
That’s so sweet. Look at the cute face on that joey! As I said the other day, it’s so bad that these adorable animals are so destructive, while the beneficial ones are butt-ugly!
I was watching a live feed of a sea otter pool in an aquarium in Monterey, California yesterday, and one of the keepers explained that the otters have been trained to be surrogate mothers to orphaned baby otters. Of course, sea otters are endangered, not an overpopulated “nuisance.”
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@FourWalls (69090)
• United States
24 Feb 22
@JudyEv — it’s weird how some animal mothers will reject their young and another will pick up the slack, so to speak. I always enjoy those “animal interest stories” (as opposed to a human interest story) about completely different species caring for an abandoned or orphaned baby animal.
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@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Feb 22
@FourWalls Some dog breeds in particular are great 'mothers', aren't they?
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@wolfgirl569 (108301)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Feb 22
Glad he is not trying to destroy all of them.
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@wolfgirl569 (108301)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Feb 22
@JudyEv Still the more does you kill the less babies. So he is helping make sure they survive.
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@RasmaSandra (80847)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Feb 22
Thank you for sharing, I love to see kangaroos, Always loved it when I saw them at zoos I visited,
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@celticeagle (168418)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Feb 22
Kangaroos as pests? Same as some of our animals here in the US.
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@mildredtabitha (16147)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Feb 22
That's a touchy story of the interviewed hunter.
I've never seen a kangaroo in real life. I don't even know if they exist in my country
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@mildredtabitha (16147)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Feb 22
@JudyEv yes. I will try and find that out
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
Do you miss the wildlife?
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@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Feb 22
Yes, I do - very much. and all the birds. And I worry that the new owners may not be keeping the water-bowls and birdbaths full. I think they might only be there on the weekends and not all the time. If I start thinking about it, I have to go and eat chocolate.
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@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros I can believe it! The Donnybrook house is tucked away so we won't really be able to drive past it, thank goodness.
I married and when the farm was later sold, I avoided going anywhere near it for maybe 20-odd years. It was sold to a cousin and one day I couldn't get out of taking my Mum there but it didn't look like the same place at all so it wasn't the ordeal I thought it would be.
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
@JudyEv We drove past our previous home a few years ago. That was a mistake!
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@RebeccasFarm (90477)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Feb 22
Now, arent they lovely women to do this..
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@LindaOHio (181931)
• United States
24 Feb 22
What a great photo. I don't like to hear about 'roos being shot.
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