Kangaroos find shelter in North Georgia.

Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) | June 20, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Kathy Gilbert

Jun. 20--Two hours away, in the mountains of North Georgia, lies a bit of the outback.

At the Kangaroo Conservation Center, near Dawsonville, kookaburra cries echo through the forest, pigeons coo under a lemon gum and hundreds of kangaroos loll under the oak and hickory trees.

More than 300 animals of nine species -- the largest kangaroo collection outside Australia -- are bred and protected in the Georgia hills.

Founded by Debbie and Roger Nelson in 1983, the 87-acre preserve's mission is to shelter threatened and ...

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