Bambi

Rescue Date

9th February 2009

Story

Some stories change your life, some events change your life, but a single act of kindness can save a life. On Saturday, February 7th 2009 a single event changed and sadly took the lives of many Victorians. We now know it as Black Saturday and it will long live in and haunt the memory of thousands. Out of the ashes of despair acts of kindness flourished with stories of incredible tales of survival stoking human spirit and offering hope for a new and better tomorrow.

One such tale is that of Bambi. Orphaned by the unforgiving fire that razed Kinglake, a tiny fawn emerged from the blackened forest. Dazed, scared and suffering smoke inhalation and dehydration the little fallow deer wandered the roadside. Placing their own loss and heartache aside it was the Kinglake residents who rescued Bambi and took him to the RSPCA for emergency care.

Just weeks old Bambi already encapsulated the Australian spirit and refused to give up. Nine days on a drip and he was ready to face the challenge of learning to live without his guiding mother. A sad fact of life for most deer is that there is no utopian forest for them to roam with Thumper and friends. For them a single word holds their fate – venison.

Bambi has now joined us at Edgar’s Mission where he will spend the rest of his days. With new found buddies he can frolic in the sun and shelter from the storms with never a threat of a hunter to take his sunshine away.

Want to be a best buddy to Bambi?

To find out more about our Best Buddy program please click here, or to sign up straight away please continue below.

If this is a gift please add a meaningful start date (i.e. birthday, anniversary etc.) their name and email address in the fields below.  If the Best Buddy is for yourself, you can leave the fields blank and we will grab your details at the checkout.

Become a Best Buddy for a year: $50

If this is a gift for someone else please add their start date, name and email address in the fields below. If you are buying it for yourself then you can leave these fields blank and we will grab your info at checkout.

To save on paper and postage we now offer our Best Buddy welcome packs by email! We will use the email address you entered above or if left blank the address you give us during checkout. If you would prefer your welcome pack posted (for an additional $5 to cover costs of print and postage) please be sure to tick the ‘Postal Buddy Pack’ box. The Postal Pack includes a beautiful Edgar’s Mission presentation folder including your Best Buddies picture and a certificate in your or a friends name. Your welcome pack will also include your Best Buddies Profile along with stickers and flyers from Edgar’s Mission.

Start Date

If your want your sponsorship to start on a special date please enter it here.

Date format: YYYY-MM-DD

Recipient's Name

If you are buying this as a gift for a friend, please provide their name

Recipient's Email (for their buddy updates)

We also need their email address so we can send them their best buddy updates

Postal Buddy Pack

If you would prefer a hard copy we can post your welcome pack

Renewal

Meet some of Bambi's friends