September 4, 2012
This is Caddy, a baby wombat, who was rescued from her mother’s pouch after her mother was hit by a car. Wombats are marsupials, a group of mammals that are known for carrying and feeding their young in a pouch. Volunteers from a wildlife shelter in Melbourne, Australia took her in and made her a cloth pouch to live in. It is hung off the side of a crib, just above the ground, so that it feels to Caddy as though she is in her mother’s pouch.
Caddy is sharing the nursery with several other rescued wombats that are her size and being fed a special milk mixture from a bottle. After she is old enough, she will be released back into the wild.
Photo: Craig Borrow / Newspix via Rex USA
Posted by: Seymour Simon
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