As bushfires rage on across Australia, some Teenagers Fill car With Koalas To Save Them from fire.
A video has been posted on Reddit that shows two cousins touring around one of the areas worst hit by the Australian bushfires collecting koalas and taking them to safety in their car.
As Australia continues to be devastated by the horrendous bushfires – with 1/2 a billion animals and possibly entire species wiped out – there are still a few wonderful stories, and this is one of them.
The short video shows a vehicle filled with koalas that have been rescued in a car. It was filmed on Kangaroo Island, known as Australia’s answer to the Galapagos Islands because of the rich biodiversity present there.
Around half of Kangaroo Island is believed to have been destroyed by the fires. It’s estimated that more than 20,000 koalas have died, over half of the island’s 50,000-strong population, however these lads made certain it did not spell the end for at least some of them.
The two boys in question are 18-year-old Caleb and 19-year-old Micah. While we’re not exactly certain how many koalas they managed to rescue, they reckon that it’s around 20.
Of that number, six of the poor marsupials have been orphaned and two of them were mothers with children.
As well as rescuing them, they are going to look after them until they can return to the wild, and refuse to take them off the island because it might further hurt an already decimated local population.
Obviously, they couldn’t rescue all of them and had to decide on which of the stricken creatures most needed their help.
Obviously, they couldn’t rescue all of them and had to decide on which of the stricken creatures most needed their help.
Their cousin, who shared the video originally, said they left behind any animals that appeared to be OK.
They worked on the standards that any animals that did not have burns and were active, mature and responded quickly were still ready to defend themselves. That meant more vulnerable koalas were the first to be saved.
However, while they were rescuing them they saw first-hand the horrific damage that’s being done. They reported that around 60 percent of the koalas they found had burned to death, while one fifth of the koalas they saved died within the first day because of their injuries.
Still, among all of the horror, there are people out there trying to make a difference for the better.
The video was shared on Reddit with the caption: “Amid the terrible bushfires in Australia, my cousins went out and saved as many koalas as they could. Good on ’em.”
Good on ’em is right.
