After making an unexpected journey in a removalist van, Queenie the possum is facing a much longer trip down the NSW thanks to a relay of wildlife carers.
abc.net.au/news/possum-hitchhiker-wildlife-carer-milkrun-gold-coast-sydney/102057826A six-month-old possum that embarked on an interstate hitchhiking journey in a removalist van now faces a milk run return journey after recovering in a Gold Coast wildlife hospital.
The common ringtail possum arrived at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital on Tuesday last week after being found in a removalist van that travelled from Queenscliff on Sydney's northern beaches. The hospital's senior vet Michael Pyne said the stowaway, affectionately named Queenie, had arrived in surprisingly good condition."She's travelled quite a long way and it's never as easy getting them home."
Dr Pyne says a "milk run" of volunteer wildlife carers will be required to transport Queenie back to more familiar surroundings. "One carer will drive for three or four hours and connect up with another one, who does another drive, and eventually the possum finds its way home.Jan Pilgrim from Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers picked Queenie up on Saturday and has been preparing the possum for the first leg of her journey towards home.
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