Thursday, February 12, 2009

Rescued Koala Update.

The burns were quite severe, but the little girl pulled through the surgery and is said to make a full recovery. It looks like love has come into her life, too!

CANBERRA: A love story between two badly burned koalas rescued from Australia's deadliest bushfires has provided some heart-warming relief after days of devastation and the loss of over 180 lives.

The story of Sam and her new boyfriend Bob emerged after volunteer firefighter Dave Tree used a mobile phone to film the rescue of the bewildered female found cowering in a burned out forest at Mirboo North, 150 km (90 miles) southeast of Melbourne.

Photos and a video of Tree, 44, approaching Sam while talking gently to her, and feeding her water from a plastic bottle as she put her burned claw in his cold, wet hand quickly hit video sharing website YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSPx7S4jr4), making her an Internet sensation.

But it was after reaching a wildlife shelter that Sam met and befriended Bob, who was saved by wildlife workers on Friday, two days before Sam, in Boolarra, about 180 km from Melbourne.

The rest is HERE.

Image is from REUTERS/Southern Ash Wildlife Centre/Colleen Wood

More later.

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2 comments:

  1. A heartwarming story. We need more of these. Did you see the story of the cat that was rescued from a pillar beneath the highway? It took a cherrypicker to rescue the kitty. How she got there, no one knows. Malnourished and frightened, she's in a safe harbor how.

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