ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: In New Zealand, an orphaned baby kangaroo has found a new family. When young Joey's mother died at Orana Park in Christchurch, a devoted park worker took on the maternal role. TV-New Zealand has that story.</s>LAUREN MCKENZIE, TV-NEW ZEALAND (voice-over): It's not a mother's pouch, but for this baby kangaroo, wool and jersey is the perfect substitute. Orana Park's worker Barbara Bower is taking on the role of foster mom, giving the little Joey 24-hour care. (on-camera): Bara was just four and a half months old when she was abandoned by her natural mother. Now orphaned, the little kangaroo has found a new home here, that's at her foster mother.</s>BARBARA BOWER, FOSTER MOTHER: She missed her mother terribly. And it took me a really good week to settle her down and make her secure. And then after that, she sort of bonded with me. And I'm mother now, you know. And if I'm out of site or anything, she starts to stress out and calls to me.</s>MCKENZIE (voice-over): Barbara's two dogs are unfazed by the new house mate.</s>BOWER: I have austriches and all sorts of other animals here. It's just her home for them now really, you know. They're fine. They blend in together good.</s>MCKENZIE (voice-over): The baby kangaroo will stay here until her first birthday. Then she will be returned to Orano Park.</s>BOWER: And it's really nice how I'm to actually see her back in with other kangaroos, you know -- eventually. Otherwise, she'll probably grow up thinking she's a dog rather than a kangaroo.</s>MCKENZIE (voice-over): From Television New Zealand, I'm Lauren McKenzie for CNN World Report.
Orphaned Baby Kangaroo Finds New Home