This piece will elicit innumerable “awes,” especially from those interested in animal rescue. Josephine and Terry Brenna-Kuss have run an orphanage for joeys on the lonely South Australian section of the long Stuart Highway since 2008. Most come from females that were struck by cars or trucks. The video clips will bring smiles, too.
Source: New York Times, June 26, 2017 (paywall).
It is a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week commitment, basically,” Mr. Brennan-Kuss, 68, said of the couple’s volunteer- and donation-supported efforts to save orphaned joeys. Each rescue is bottle-fed every few hours with a powdered-milk formula designed for kangaroos, which are lactose intolerant.