Donal Hickey: We should observe our wildlife without disturbing them
Josh van der Flier, Alex Mitchell and Joe McCarthy say hello to some kangaroos in Australia. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
Photographs in this newspaper, on June 27, showed British and Irish Lions rugby players standing just a few paces from kangaroos at a golf course, in Perth, Australia.
The kangaroos may have been relatively tame and seen as harmless, but wildlife organisations regularly warn people never to take the behaviour of wild animals for granted.
