29/04/2024
I received a call from a member of the public some months back about a female kangaroo who had been startled and tried to jump pool fencing but sadly became badly entangled. She was shot and her body was removed from the fence and left on the side of the road with a tarp over her.
The person who called said they wondered if I should do a pouch check. I left immediately and there, tucked away in her mumma’s pouch, was baby Charlotte.
She had wounds from what she and her mum had endured, and my heart broke as I pulled her warm body from her mum, knowing she must have been so scared after hearing the gunshot. Her mum was clearly gone but I told her I would look after her baby as best I could.
Charlotte was lucky to be placed with a skilled carer who could tend to her wounds and she is recovering well and doing excellently.
If it wasn’t for the person with a big heart making the 1minute call to us, she never would have had a chance.
Meet Charlotte, the little girl from under the tarp. 💔