Kangaroo Dundee: The man who cares for orphaned kangaroos – in pictures

This weekend, the BBC is showing a documentary, Kangaroo Dundee, the story of Chris "Brolga" Barnes, a city-born Australian who moved to the outback to care for orphaned kangaroos
Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

The red kangaroo is the world's largest marsupial, and the largest animal to move around by hopping Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

When a joey is first born, it is around the size of a jelly bean, and stays in the mother's pouch for around 190 days before it first ventures on to the ground Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

As orphaned kangaroos grow, they are kept in an incubator designed to replicate the heat of the mother's pouch Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

In the wild, the kangaroo has few natural predators, but many are hunted by man for their meat, skins and even as target practice. Many thousands are also killed each year in road accidents Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

Brolga has to constantly care for the young kangaroos, to get them to a point where they can fend for themselves in the wild
Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

Brolga sometimes takes his baby kangaroos shopping Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films

When fully grown, kangaroos can reach two metres tall, weigh 90kg and jump up to eight metres in a single bound Photograph: BBC Natural World/AGB Films