Volunteers

Theresa once said, “A lot of people think we get paid to do this, and we don’t, but if I don’t do it, then who will? I stress about how I’m going to keep it up; if these animals double then I don’t know how we’re going to afford it.”People have been showing interest in the Matthews’ cause and are volunteering for the little joeys in rescuing and fostering as well. While the awareness increased, they got a huge success.

A Small Success

The success is about a petition that was initiated by a volunteer at “Our Haven Wildlife Shelter” signed by many to lower down the speed limits in the area where kangaroos are mostly out during nights and especially the areas that are more prone to accidents. “From dusk to dawn, you just need to slow down. There’s quite a few bad areas around here; we’re constantly rescuing along the Longford-Loch Sport and Seaspray roads. Kangaroos have really poor eyesight, so when headlights are on them, it just confuses them even more.” They’ve got a small target to achieve for a true cause that we’re about to tell you.

Mission

Though the couple has transformed their home for these wild beings and has recently constructed a separate room for these babies in their garden that’s not enough. “Our Dream would be to have land out of town away from main roads so we could release our orphans safely, at the moment we have to sedate them when they are 18 months of age transport them which is a three hour drive to a large shelter where they are soft released, which is very stressful on the orphans and ourselves,” explained the kind-hearted couple on their website. They started receiving animal charities in Australia and later on from many parts of the world

We’ve quite a few people caring for native Australian wildlife, just like the Matthews and we’re sure you would love to know about them.

Snugglers

Abigail, for years, has been hugging her rescuer every day as a ritual. She was rescued and taken to the Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs when she was a 5-month-old baby. Her hugging all her caretakers has become a tradition in the sanctuary and we doubt anyone could resist from such an adorable baby. And there’s even more touching video in the next slide for waiting for you of a rescued joey.

Rescued From The Pouch

“We pulled over as we wanted to check whether the mother was alive and if she had a joey in her pouch. We found this young female,” explains Drew who is reaching to the mother kangaroo’s pouch to rescue the baby in the video.

People are being more aware of these animals and to save them and giving them their right to live is a Holy act.