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Old 28-Apr-2004, 02:13 PM
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Lulu the kangaroo was still a joey when the Richards family rescued her from her dead mother's pouch outside their farm in Victoria's south-east.

Five years later it appears Lulu may have returned the favour, raising the alarm after Len Richards was knocked unconscious by a falling branch at their property in Tanjil South, near Moe, on Sunday.

"I love the damned kangaroo, it saved my life," Mr Richards, 52, said last night.

He said that after Lulu's mother was run over, his son Luke "brought her home, bottle-fed her and it just went from there. She's been part of the family since."

In what could pass for an episode of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Mr Richards was discovered by his family after they heard Lulu "yapping" several hundred metres from the house and followed the sound.

"They've got their own natural noise they make, it's like a little dog yapping," said Luke, 19. "My mum and cousin were outside and they were looking for Dad... they thought they heard this noise, and it was the kangaroo, and she was standing down there next to Dad."


"She's pretty amazing," Mr Richards' wife, Lynn, said. "If it wasn't for her, I really don't know how long it would have been before we actually found him."

Mr Richards was taken to The Alfred hospital on Sunday with head injuries and released that night. He does not remember the accident, but he has been told about Lulu's role in his rescue.

"I can remember her coming through the top paddock as I was walking down to to clean up the limbs around the tree," he said. "The next thing I knew, I was in The Alfred hospital."

Over the years, the kangaroo has grown comfortable wandering around the property, and even knocks on the door occasionally for a slice of bread or a biscuit. Now, it seems, Lulu is destined for worldwide fame.

The RSPCA said Lulu could be in the running for its Animal Award, which is given to animals that have done something "quite exceptional" for humans.

A kangaroo behavioural expert from the University of New England has already labelled the act as extraordinary, even for a kangaroo that is comfortable with humans.
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