Geobuzz
Feb 24, 2022
1 minute
Photo by Melanie Faith Dove
NICKY CATLEY
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MARCH – APRIL 2022
BIG PICTURE
Suburban wildlife
Ruth Verrall feeds Ralph, a juvenile eastern grey kangaroo, in her kitchen in Panton Hill, on Melbourne’s as a just-viable ‘velvet’ joey, after his mother was chased by a dog. “He’s now old enough to venture freely into adjoining paddocks and nearby bushland and join the local wild kangaroo population,” says Ruth, a wildlife foster carer of six years. “But for now he still prefers the reassurance of staying close to home. He’s fortunate here that he can make choices.” Orphaned kangaroos bond closely to their carers and with any other joeys in care with them.
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