Morisset Hospital kangaroo fed soap, says Hunter Wildlife Rescue volunteer

By Phoebe Moloney
November 28 2018 - 5:00am
SEEN TOO MUCH: Hunter Wildlife Rescue volunteer Ann Morgan frequently sees tourists touching and feeding the kangaroos at Morisset. Picture: Jonathan Carroll.
SEEN TOO MUCH: Hunter Wildlife Rescue volunteer Ann Morgan frequently sees tourists touching and feeding the kangaroos at Morisset. Picture: Jonathan Carroll.

A Hunter Wildlife Rescue volunteer believes a tourist fed soap to a kangaroo at Morisset Hospital on the weekend, but says the incident is the tip of the iceberg of the “dangerous” interactions she has witnessed between tourists and the population of marsupials at the functioning psychiatric hospital. 

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