Rescuers Rush To A Car Accident, Then They See The Tiniest Hand Reaching For Help
A car recently hit a kangaroo in Australia, and the heartless person just drove away. By the time the help arrived, the animal was dead. However, then the rescuers saw the tiniest hand reaching out for help…
Melanie Fraser, a rescue worker with Macedon Ranges Wildlife Network and Wildlife Victoria in Australia, was the first to see it. When she checked the kangaroo’s pouch, she found a pink baby fighting to survive. He was waving his tiny hand in the air, as if saying ‘Help me, I’m here, and I want to live.”
“Had he been left much longer, ants or the elements would have eventually killed him,” Fraser told The Dodo. The woman named the tiny fellow Dawon, and took him to Christine Gilmore, a wildlife rehabilitation worker.
Since then, he has been given* everything he needs to be fit, healthy, and strong. Gilmore makes sure the months-old kangaroo also gets plenty of love and TLC. “I am now his mum,” says the woman.
Dawson even has another orphaned kangaroo baby named Nelson to cuddle with. “Nelson is a little bigger than him, and they will grow together and be released together,” Gilmore said.
More info: Macedon Ranges Wildlife Network | Facebook (h/t)
A car recently hit and killed a kangaroo, and when the rescuers arrived, they saw a tiny hand
It was a baby kangaroo waving his pink fingers as if to say ‘I’m here, help me’
He was named Dawson and taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center
There, the baby kangaroo is getting everything he needs, including love and TLC
He even found a friend, and orphan kangaroo named Nelson – and they will be released together
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Share on FacebookI'm pretty sure the person who hit this kangaroo got out of their car and dragged it to the side of the road so no other people would hit it. Also, kangaroos can be massive and very difficult to see at nighttime because they hide in the bush or the pine forests and just jump out onto the road. Its actually quite terrifying. The person who hit this kangaroo is not heartless - but was probably pretty shook up.
Load More Replies...There are folks in my state who stop and check all the possums who have been hit because they sometimes have a whole pouch of babies
I googled it and apparently there are wildlife hotlines that you can call if you hit an animal. You don't have to stay there and wait for them, so calling this person "heartless" just because they drove away is ridiculous. Do we know for sure that they didn't call the hotline? After all, the rescuers arrived in time to save the baby...
I saw I kangaroo get hit by a car once. The right thing to do, would be to stay with the animal until help arrives. The guy that I saw sit the kangaroo, stayed there and police were nice enough to stop and put it on a stretcher and drive it away. I stayed as well, as I was trying to call the wildlife emergency hotline, but they didn't answer and I had to eventually leave a message on their answering machine. Yes, that hotline can be extremely useless at times.
Load More Replies...Hopefully someone from Australia can tell me otherwise, but I'm from Canada so clearly it's just hearsay, but isn't running over a kangaroo there about as bad as us running over a rabbit in Canada? it's sad to us because we aren't exposed to them on a daily basis in big numbers. I'm glad they saved the baby and people need to watch where they're going cuz no animal needs to die cuz we're stupid, but I don't think it as devastating is losing something endangered. I'm pretty sure they've got a healthy population of kangaroo over there.
You are right.. it is a very common occurrence. Often it is very damaging for the vehicle as well. Some kangaroos can be huge. Such accidents can be unavoidable, especially at night.
Load More Replies...I don't see how someone who hit a kangaroo would be able to drive away - they'd cause a lot of damage to your car.
it depends on how big it is. I saw a guy hit a kangaroo once. There was no damage to the guys car, but the poor kanga had a broken leg :(
Load More Replies...another orphan baby animal on this world .. and another ... bastard run away. I have noticed lately that animals are very human and humans are very...beast
The people who just drove away are simply heartless. How can you live with yourself, knowing you killed an innocent animal and didn't even call the police? Thank God the baby was found and is now getting love and treatment.
Kangaroos are so dangerous at night, especially around the pine forests near my house. A massive kangaroo jumped in front of my uncles car about five years ago - said it was like hitting a brick wall. Really hurt his back and he had to leave his job. Glad this joey is okay, but Roos are a menace.
amazing at the right place at the right time. there are cellous people around just to leave and not check if it ia alive and needed help
i think its a fake news story i am a victorian and there no news of it here
Would you like a medal for that? This whole discussion is not about eating Kangaroo, though.
Load More Replies...I'm pretty sure the person who hit this kangaroo got out of their car and dragged it to the side of the road so no other people would hit it. Also, kangaroos can be massive and very difficult to see at nighttime because they hide in the bush or the pine forests and just jump out onto the road. Its actually quite terrifying. The person who hit this kangaroo is not heartless - but was probably pretty shook up.
Load More Replies...There are folks in my state who stop and check all the possums who have been hit because they sometimes have a whole pouch of babies
I googled it and apparently there are wildlife hotlines that you can call if you hit an animal. You don't have to stay there and wait for them, so calling this person "heartless" just because they drove away is ridiculous. Do we know for sure that they didn't call the hotline? After all, the rescuers arrived in time to save the baby...
I saw I kangaroo get hit by a car once. The right thing to do, would be to stay with the animal until help arrives. The guy that I saw sit the kangaroo, stayed there and police were nice enough to stop and put it on a stretcher and drive it away. I stayed as well, as I was trying to call the wildlife emergency hotline, but they didn't answer and I had to eventually leave a message on their answering machine. Yes, that hotline can be extremely useless at times.
Load More Replies...Hopefully someone from Australia can tell me otherwise, but I'm from Canada so clearly it's just hearsay, but isn't running over a kangaroo there about as bad as us running over a rabbit in Canada? it's sad to us because we aren't exposed to them on a daily basis in big numbers. I'm glad they saved the baby and people need to watch where they're going cuz no animal needs to die cuz we're stupid, but I don't think it as devastating is losing something endangered. I'm pretty sure they've got a healthy population of kangaroo over there.
You are right.. it is a very common occurrence. Often it is very damaging for the vehicle as well. Some kangaroos can be huge. Such accidents can be unavoidable, especially at night.
Load More Replies...I don't see how someone who hit a kangaroo would be able to drive away - they'd cause a lot of damage to your car.
it depends on how big it is. I saw a guy hit a kangaroo once. There was no damage to the guys car, but the poor kanga had a broken leg :(
Load More Replies...another orphan baby animal on this world .. and another ... bastard run away. I have noticed lately that animals are very human and humans are very...beast
The people who just drove away are simply heartless. How can you live with yourself, knowing you killed an innocent animal and didn't even call the police? Thank God the baby was found and is now getting love and treatment.
Kangaroos are so dangerous at night, especially around the pine forests near my house. A massive kangaroo jumped in front of my uncles car about five years ago - said it was like hitting a brick wall. Really hurt his back and he had to leave his job. Glad this joey is okay, but Roos are a menace.
amazing at the right place at the right time. there are cellous people around just to leave and not check if it ia alive and needed help
i think its a fake news story i am a victorian and there no news of it here
Would you like a medal for that? This whole discussion is not about eating Kangaroo, though.
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