I met the woman whose hands you see here at the Sunday market in downtown Adelaide. She has adopted this orphaned joey, and will raise it and keep it on her country property for the rest of its life. She said it won't be possible to rehabilitate the joey when it grows older, because it has learned not to be afraid of humans. A friend of hers has adopted five kangaroos this way, and continues to care for them now that they are grown. When female kangaroos are hit by cars and die, joeys often survive in the pouch. If they aren't cared for by people, they too will undoubtedly not survive.
The joey was very soft.
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Can you bring one home? It can go in Bunny's cage!
Unfortunately, all of the kangaroos I have interviewed since my arrival in Australia maintain that as they are in opposition to reckless use of natural resources, they find the fuel consumption of air travel disturbing and refuse to travel on airplanes for political and moral reasons.
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