Dog Saves Baby Kangaroo

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on April 2, 2008 at 9:18 am


150JoeyA four-month old kangaroo was in his mother’s pouch when she was killed by a car in Torquay, Victoria, Australia. The unharmed joey would normally have died, but Rex the mixed-breed dog took the roo to his owner, Leonie Allan.

“I’d taken Rex for a walk and we’d gone past the dead kangaroo that morning, and later I was working out the front and he started pointing,” Ms Allan said.

“I was worried he’d found a snake and called him back, but when he returned he dropped the joey at my feet.

“He obviously sensed the baby roo was still alive in the pouch and somehow had gently grabbed it by the neck, gently retrieved it and brought it to me.”

The kangaroo was calm and even snuggled up with Rex. Now named Rex Jr, the joey is under the care of the Jirrahlinga Wildlife Sanctuary, and will be released at 18 months of age. Link -via Arbroath


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17 comments to "Dog Saves Baby Kangaroo"

  1. probinu
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am

    I am glad there is a good story about animals right now, I just read about some moron filing his dogs teeth off and the other day a dog thrown off an overpass.

    This is nice….

  2. luke
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 am

    That’s one heck of a pouch. I can’t believe the little roo survived.

  3. fsmarch
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Dogs are the best!

  4. kuanes
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 am

    interesting how the owner said Rex “pointed” at (in terms of how a hunting dog would “point”), yet was actually attempting to rescue it…

  5. LoveZombie
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:57 am

    This is a very sweet story!

  6. Tom
    April 2nd, 2008 at 10:14 am

    I always thought it was neat how mammals will adopt other species cubs. Sometimes even predators like dogs will adopt pigs.

  7. Colt Seaver
    April 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Fifty-fifty on that one.

  8. caitlin13
    April 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    That’s a sad but sweet story. I want a baby kangaroo!

  9. JoBo S
    April 2nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    It’s so good to see little stories like this. I would be a little disappointed if I had to give up the baby roo. I would want to raise it myself :)

  10. NiteWhite
    April 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    The weird thing is this happened in Hoboken, New Jersey.

  11. ihateallex
    April 2nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Cute.

  12. CheeseDuck
    April 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Kangaroos? In New Jersey? Woah.

  13. su.wei
    April 2nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    dogs never cease to amaze me! i really believe they are concious beings!!!

  14. empty-minded
    April 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    When I was a child I had a pomeranian named Fluffy. One day I also got a St. Bernard puppy. The pomeranian adopted the St. Bernard puppy and the puppy grew up thinking it was a pomeranian too. When full grown the St. Bernard would crawl on his belly to be closer in height to the pomeranian.

    Now I have a Jack Russel with ADHD.

    But I still think dogs are great. Cats aren’t bad, but I can only get along with them when they are ridiculously fat.

  15. Viola
    April 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    kuanes: It’s my understanding that hunting dogs are trained not to use their teeth when retrieving a catch for the hunter. Otherwise the dog risks puncturing the hide and lowering the value.

  16. Thomas
    April 2nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    awesome. that’s a good dog. good dog.

  17. fz
    April 3rd, 2008 at 3:25 am

    Hard to guess the dog’s real intentions. But i’ll stick to thinking he saved the roo out of the goodness of his heart


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