Silverton couple adopts emu, reindeer and camels to offer therapeutic petting zoo
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Tony s mental wellbeing improved after visiting the animals on Patah Devine s Silverton farm.
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Petah Devine and Duncan Pickering have taken in dingoes, donkeys, reindeer and even a baby emu to form a family and perhaps a collection of some of the Australian desert s most peculiar creatures.
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The animals are free to roam and also enjoy company of visitors
A disability worker says people gain therapeutic benefits from spending time with animals
The couple, from the outback NSW town of Silverton, have built an outback oasis for their brood.