Koalas rescued from fires in south Qld returned to bush | ABC News

With as many as 3 billion Australian animals thought to have been killed or displaced by last season's bushfires, young koala Tin Tin is one of the lucky ones.

The joey was found in a paddock at Crows Nest, north of Toowoomba in southern Queensland, last November after fires burnt more than 20,000 hectares in the region.

Wildlife carer Trish LeeHong rescued Tin Tin from the top of a 30-metre tree using a cherrypicker.

He weighed just 1.2 kilograms.

"His mother was in the low fork of the tree and she sadly passed away within a couple of hours of us catching her," Ms LeeHong said.

"He's an amazing little koala; he's climbing really well, and he's very fit.

"So he's off to a good start."

Ms LeeHong saved 28 koalas from the area, most of them injured, orphaned or traumatised.

"Some of them were badly burnt. Most of them were affected by smoke inhalation," she said.

"It was very quiet and very eerie.

"[The land] was just black; trunks of trees and at times very deep piles of ash, a few remains of animals. It's a feeling that is hard to explain."

Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-06/crows-nest-bushfire-koala-conservation-lack-of-food/12507470

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