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SAVING BUNJI

By Brinkley Davies

In 2016, Brinkley Davies was in a car that collided with a kangaroo which had a joey in her pouch. Brinkley was determined to rear the surviving joey and named her ‘Bunji’. Although Brinkley didn’t know it at the time, Bunji would become a lifelong friend and spark a fire in her to do better for Australia’s wildlife, leading Brinkley to eventually set

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