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He has the weirdest job at the zoo, and it's making a real difference

Taronga Western Plains Zoo's platypus keeper James Witcombe with platypus Mackenzie. Picture: Taronga Western Plains Zoo/Rick Stevens
Orlander Ruming
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Animal refuge's urgent plea as feed runs dry and dams turn to mud

Samantha Newsam
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Kindly Animal Sanctuary founder Naomi Hooper with one of the sanctuary's resident Maremmas sitting in one of the property's many 'dry' paddocks. Picture Supplied.
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What a good boy: Garvey's sniffing out arsonists

Nadine Morton
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Garvey, the Fire and Rescue NSW ignitable liquid detection canine, sniffing out kerosene during a training session at Fairy Meadow with handler Senior Firefighter Tim Garrett. Picture by Adam McLean

Punch isn't the first lonely zoo animal to capture our hearts - or raise troubling questions

Ruby Ekkel
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Punch isn't the first lonely zoo animal to capture our hearts. Pictures by Getty, UIG, Almost human: reminiscences from the Melbourne Zoo, and Canva
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See the hair-nibbling joey and the ranger who became his surrogate mum

Marlene Even
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'Mr Bean', an orphaned Rufous Bettong joey. Picture by Aussie Ark

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