French animal sanctuary uses expertise to help Australia's orphaned marsupials An animal sanctuary in Carcassonne has been inundated after launching an appeal for volunteers to make cloth pouches for baby kangaroos or koalas rescued from Australia's devastating wildfires. the head of Carcassonne's Australian Park, Carole Masson says she has already received thousands of pouches. They are due to leave for Australia in a few days. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES