HOPE FOR JOEY
Australia bushfires – Teens praised for driving around and filling their car with koalas they’ve saved from flames
HEARTWARMING footage shows two teenagers driving around fire-ravaged Australia rescuing koalas.
The short video shows a car filled with the animals just days after horrific footage showed the charred remains of dead koalas and kangaroos.
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Experts fear the devastating Australian wildfires have killed up to a BILLION animals.
The video revealed the chilling scenes of burnt animal corpses lining the road of Batlow in New South Wales - one of the areas worst hit by the infernos over the weekend.
But new uplifting scenes from the area show the Good Samaritans filling their motor with the at-risk animals.
It was filmed on Kangaroo Island, known as Australia's answer to the Galapagos Islands, because of its rich wildlife.
The two boys are 19-year-old Micah and 18-year-old Caleb.
As well as rescuing them, they're going to look after them until they can return to the wild.
Their cousin, who shared the video originally, said they left behind any animals that seemed to be OK,.
They reported that around 60 percent of the koalas they came across had burned to death.
One fifth of the koalas they saved died within the first day due to their injuries.
RESCUE MISSION
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."
We earlier reported how a model captured the heartbreaking moment he saved a charred baby kangaroo from a wildfire in Australia.
Sam McGlone rescued the stricken joey as he battled a bush blaze near Braidwood in New South Wales.
As he fought the encroaching flames the volunteer firefighter spotted the tiny joey hiding under a scorched tree.
He ran towards the raging fire, picking up the stricken animal before rushing it to safety.
Sam captured the heartwarming moment in a video which he shared with his 106,000 followers on Instagram.
In the video he said "I found a baby joey in the fire" before putting him the front seat of his truck.
He then wrapped the little marsupial in a blanket before giving it some much needed water and rushing it to the vet.
'I SAVED HIM'
He said: "Everyone meet my little baby.
"I saved him out of the fire today. We got you buddy don't worry."
New South Wales Transport Minister Andrew Constance compared the bushfires to "an atomic bomb".
But experts warn "the worst may be yet to come" with the country's heatwave and cyclone seasons on the way.
The Sydney suburb was declared the hottest place on Earth over the weekend with temperatures soaring to almost 50C.
The premier of New South Wales declared a state of emergency after the devastation caused by more than 200 fires.
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Heartbreaking clip shows kangaroo carcasses as a BILLION animals killed in Australian bushfires
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