23K views · 4.1K reactions | After 5 weeks in care, wombat Ian Thorpe...

After a long day.. Louis and Laila are safely in their soft release enclosure where they will spend the next part of their journey back to the wild. They were calm during the trip and explored everything inside. They were a bit unsettled and vocal but soon Laila chose the left burrow and Louis was left with with right and slight muddy burrow. She does not allow him to sleep near her now that she’s carrying a pinkie. And he takes it in his stride like a good dad (not that wombat dads have the sli