Video ID: 20140822-009
M/S 'Leah' the wombat baby being bottle fed
C/U Leah being bottle fed
SOT, Kim Hunter, Animal Carer and Ranger (in English): "We usually find them when the public brings them in after finding them at a dead mother's pouch, the mother's usually being run over by a car and the baby survives."
M/S Leah
M/S Leah with carer Kim Hunter
M/S Leah holding hand of carer
C/U Leah holding hand of carer
SOT, Kim Hunter, Animal Carer and Ranger (in English): "I love animals and I just find it very rewarding to be able to save something so little and return it back to the wild."
M/S Leah
SOT, Kim Hunter, Animal Carer and Ranger (in English): "She is just starting to nip a little bit, which wombats do."
M/S Parks Victoria sign
W/S Kinglake Ranges premises
SCRIPT
A baby wombat named 'Leah' has made a full recovery on Friday after being rescued from her dead mother's pouch by a voluntary animal carer and ranger in Kinglake, Victoria.
Despite being in near-death conditions when found, the four-months-old Wombat was saved by Kim Hunter, the ranger who managed to nurse Leah back to health with watchful and constant emergency care.
The 48-year-old ranger was called after a passerby spotted a dead wombat on the road that had been struck by a car. The tiny Leah, that weighs just over 400 grams (about 0.88 pounds) was then found shivering inside its pouch, still feeding from her mother.
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