Press Photo Koala's Lucky Escape

anima - This female Koala Bear, nursing a baby in its pouch, miraculously survived a bush fire which ravaged a forest in Australia recently. As 30 meter high flames swept through the trees which were her home, she made her way down to a dry creek bed and escaped with only slightly singed fur. Two RSPCA rescue team members, Paul Stichel and Tom Goldborn, found her under a blackberry bush and handed her over to a vet for treatment. She was released into a nearby conservation park to begin a new life. Picture shows: Lucky koala in safe hands after her rescue.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated --none.



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