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AMERICAblog: Australian firefighter saves baby koala (video)

  • dacnova · 9 months ago
    That's amazing! (Unless the koalas are planning an invasion...)
  • Mike_G · 9 months ago
    And it gets even cuter - the koala made a friend at the wildlife shelter:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/artic...
  • Older_Wiser · 9 months ago
    The AP story says millions of animals may not have survived the fires. It is heartbreaking, talking about kangaroos feet being burned, animals with scorched lungs, even a turtle, fused like melted plastic, and wombats who've gone back into tunnels who will probably starve to death when they come out. Horrible stuff. Animal and wildlife groups are doing all they can.

    And of course, there's the human toll which is awful in and of itself.
  • sittenpretty · 9 months ago
    i do animal rescue,i just cant read about stories like this ,it breaks my heart
  • brb915 · 9 months ago
    I happened to be in Oakland Ca when that huge fire scorched the hillsides............I can remember running for my life to my car, and as we escaped, we could see deer, raccoons, even coyotes running with this look on all their faces.............I'll never forget it.............some emotions are Universal
  • MNPundit · 9 months ago
    Hmm, Koalas were ugly animals would you be on this jeremiad?
  • cowboyneok · 9 months ago
    Some animals are more lovable than others. I doubt very seriously anyone would be trying to bottle feed some scary species like a great white shark...
  • Mary · 9 months ago
    You probably won't find many great white sharks surviving that inferno!
  • John Aravosis · 9 months ago
    I probably wouldn't do this for rats or cockroaches - and I'm divided as to whether I'd help poodles, but that's for another day. :-) Dear Lord, some people just have to find the cloud behind the silver lining don't they.
  • GVgal · 9 months ago
    Thanks, John, for giving us something else to think about. My family donated yesterday - we appreciate you making it easy to do so.
  • cowboyneok · 9 months ago
    Well, that brought tears to my eyes. Especially the part where the baby reached out his hand for comfort...
  • SCLiberal · 9 months ago
    Thanks for posting that link, John. I made sure I mentioned that I saw the donation site listed on americablog.
  • SCLiberal · 9 months ago
    For any Facebook members out there, the Australian Koala Foundation has a Facebook page also where you can make a donation.
  • Breeze · 9 months ago
    Nice of you to post links about koala-related charities and such.

    Ever thought about any of the other species affected by the fires? Or, perhaps, the humans? Maybe they could use some shout-outs as well.
  • John Aravosis · 9 months ago
    You can't help everybody and every cause every second of the day. And this isn't MammalBlog, we're not going to spend the entire day listing species in danger :-) This is a particularly sad and touching story, one that may move people to act more than other stories, so we're writing about it. You're free to give money to any human charity you wish, any day, even without my prodding :-)
  • lollies · 9 months ago
    ur right
    there was another 21 koalas, 14 ring tailed possums and a hole lot more
    this story is still really touching though
  • andrea folan · 9 months ago
    ohhhhhh this is soooooooo touching
    i wish best of luck to everyone in the fire