Kolkata, India–Lucas did not make it, but his friends Alex and Xavier did. They are slowly being nursed back to health with a diet of watermelons, bananas, wild grass and fresh water. Alex, Xavier and the deceased Lucas are kangaroos that were found roaming near woodlands in east India, 5,000 miles away from Australia, the land from which their species hails. Their case has left India dumbfounded.
Officials at North Bengal Safari Park, where Alex and Xavier are being looked after, said Lucas died from dehydration and malnutrition the day after he was rescued. The survivors, they confirmed this week, will move to a zoo in Kolkata when they are fit enough, and perhaps even home one day, offering a happy ending to a sorry tale which began last month.
