On Thursday Ned Joey had his first excursion! As part of the Environment badge, Beechworth Joey Scouts went to their local Wildlife Sanctuary to see where people take injured native animals. We met three Eastern Grey Kangaroos that were each found on the sides of roads after being hit by cars - and they were nearly ready to be released back into the wild. We saw a few Wallabys come out of the bush for a feed, these wallabys were reared by the carers there and still return in the evenings. Nina the possum is big and was burnt by the bushfires last year. We also met a baby wombat who was found walking on the side of the road recently and without it's mother.
Baby Panda the brush tail possum was so tiny and about 6 months old.
The Joey Scouts found it all fascinating and have a good idea why we need to care for our environment and the animals that live around us.
I hope you all stayed dry? Did the rain hold off at all?
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you all had a lovely evening.
Thanks Cat! After a very wet day before and a little bit of rain that morning, we decided to go ahead and thank goodness we did. It stayed dry and apparently the animals prefer when the light is a little dull so it was a win:win.
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