These N.L. crafters are making joey pouches to help injured Australian animals
Cherie Wheeler
Published: Jan 11, 2020
Updated: Jan 11, 2020
CBC News
Excerpt
It's been a decade since Amanda Young visited Australia, but she felt compelled to help after seeing the fire-ravaged images and hearing about the hundred of millions of dead animals — and so she turned to her sewing machine to help.
Young is one of a dozen people in the Corner Brook area making joey pouches for Australia's injured and orphaned animals. They are used to hold baby kangaroos, called joeys, and other marsupials like a mother's pouch.
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