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Hi my name is Bev Turner and I am a carer of orphaned animals. I started hand rearing orphans about 14 years ago and over the years have reared many Kangaroos, Wallaby's and Possums. They have all been set free on our property and are free to come and go as they please. Emu Ridge Farm consists of 250 hectares. 80 hectares of native bush, 50 hectares of plantations and 2 fresh water wetland areas the rest, cleared land. Our vision is to fence our whole farm as a sanctuary to protect our wildlife, and we envisage doing nocturnal and educational tours on the farm in the future. We can also breed and sell from our wildlife to other wildlife parks and sanctuaries. Its all part of sustainable farming. We also believe that if an animal has to be culled as many are on Kangaroo Island that they should be utilized for their meat and leather. At the moment these animals are wasted feeding the flies and feral cats. (You can read more about this on our environmental section.)
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Monday 4th August 2008 Roxy Well, I have some sad news today. Roxie died last week. I did not get an ortopsy on her as too it was too expensive. She was either hit by a car, as she had a sore hip and then got breathing difficulties, diarrhoea and very disorientated. It was devastating as she has been my sookiest baby with all the injuries she had when I first got her. Very sad. The vet seemed to think she died of TB which is common for our roos, they catch it from a bacteria from the water birds. Millie is in morning as well, she hangs around like a bad smell and wont leave anyone alone. Poor thing, she has lost her best friend. Wednesday 4th June 2008 Roxy and Millie Roxie and Millie are doing really well, Roxie has been spoilt with the cold rainy weather and she gets a bowl of milk each night Millie is still having 1 to 2 bottles a day. The two of them are inseperable now and some mornings when the weather is nice they go off together and I dont see them until that night. |
Earlier news about the orphan kangaroos:
Sunday 4th May 2008 MaggieThursday 6th March 2008 Updates on Roxy, Millie and Maggie
Tuesday 22nd January 2008 Millie
Friday 11th January 2008 Meet Millie
Thursday 27th December 2007 Merry Xmas everyone. From Rosie, Roxy, the Emus, Maggie, Larry, Bev and the staff at Emu Ridge
Monday 22nd October 2007 Latest news on Roxy, now 17 months old.
Thursday 20th September 2007 Emus are doing well
Thursday 2nd August 2007 Lonely the Emu
Wednesday 1st August 2007 Roxy Update
Tuesday 1st May 2007 JP and Roxy both doing really well!
Thursday 1st March 2007 New Comer 1st March - a brush tail possum
Friday 23rd February 2007 Update on Roxy
Monday 1st January 2007 Bad News...!!
Sunday 24th December 2006 Merry Christmas from Emu Ridge
Monday 4th December 2006 Roxy's accident
Monday 20th November 2006 Meet Ruby, another new joey kangaroo
Wednesday 8th November 2006 Roxy is thriving...!
Monday 2nd October 2006 Roxy takes over from Rita
Tuesday 26th September 2006 The end of Rita
Monday 11th September 2006 Looking after the growing Joey, Rita
Wednesday 23rd August 2006 Rita's Progress, from Bev
Tuesday 15th August 2006 Caring for Rita, from Bev
Monday 7th August 2006 This is the first update from Mama Bev..........
Friday 4th August 2006 Introduction to Margarita, the orphaned kangaroo
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