Koala In Bosh Fire.—Reporters covering a bush tire at Narrabeen, In New South Wales, saw a dazed-looking koala clinging to the top of a burning tree. When the tree fell he was pinned under It. Rescuer* found that his paws were badly burned. The patient was rushed by car to the Taronga Park Zoo hospital, where several sick parrots. an owl, and a monkey were interested spectators of the bandaging operations. The newcomer, who has been christened "Hotfoot,” now looks like a fighter going into the ring.— Sydney. October 30.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25020, 31 October 1946, Page 8
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