Staff at a Northumberland wildlife attraction have had to go the extra mile for one of its most recent arrivals.
Jolene, a six-and-a-half-month old albino wallaby, was born at Whitehouse Farm near Morpeth earlier this year. But at around three months old, staff at the farm noticed that the marsupial had been "kicked out" of her mother's pouch.
Since then, the farm's Heather Hogarty has been hand-rearing six-and-a-half month old Jolene, with the help of an Anglo-Nubian goat named Willow, who has been supplying her with milk. Heather has even made a makeshift pouch for the new arrival, which she fashioned by folding her work polo shirt and clipping in safety pins.
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