- Cute female kangaroo joey rescued by police officer in Glenden, Queensland
- The joey was found next to its dead mother who had been struck by a car
- The joey was found by Constable Nick Schmidt on Tuesday who befriended it
An adorable female kangaroo joey rescued from her dead mother’s pouch has befriended the police officer who saved her.
Constable Nick Schmidt from Glenden, a mining town in Queensland, found the joey by chance on Tuesday after discovering its dead mother by the roadside.
The officer had came across a kangaroo who was struck by a car and had not survived.
Cute female kangaroo joey rescued by police officer in Glenden, Queensland on Tuesday
While Constable Schmidt was preparing to move the dead kangaroo from to the side of the road he suddenly saw a head popping out from the deceased mother’s pouch.
To his surprise, the officer found the joey completely uninjured and alive in her dead mother’s pouch.
He later found out that a joey can survived in such circumstances for up to 48 hours.
The joey was later collected and driven in the police car back to the Glenden police station where she was wrapped in a police jumper hoping it would mimic her mother’s pouch.
A local wildlife rescue carer helped the officers with the joey.
Constable Schmidt said the joey would be properly cared for until she can be introduced to a mob of ‘rescue kangaroos’ and returned to the outback.
The kangaroo joey was found next to its dead mother who had been struck earlier by a car