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Removing a joey from their mother is extremely distressing and any separation is harmful.
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
The video has horrified ecologists and wildlife carers, who say the sudden separation of the wombat and her baby, known as a joey, would have triggered stress reactions in both animals.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Rifle shots ring out, killing them by the millions, including hundreds of thousands of female roos, some with tiny joeys in their pouches.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
Across two ongoing studies, more than 300 wild koalas have been vaccinated, and many vaccinated females have gone on to have healthy joeys, some of which have now had joeys of their own, Dr. Beagley said.
—Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
The video has horrified ecologists and wildlife carers, who say the sudden separation of the wombat and her baby, known as a joey, would have triggered stress reactions in both animals.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Rifle shots ring out, killing them by the millions, including hundreds of thousands of female roos, some with tiny joeys in their pouches.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
Across two ongoing studies, more than 300 wild koalas have been vaccinated, and many vaccinated females have gone on to have healthy joeys, some of which have now had joeys of their own, Dr. Beagley said.
—Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Joey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joey. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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