A man who helped a koala badly burned by Australian wildfires has gone viral online. Footage of the good deed has been uploaded to Facebook by the Koala Hospital Port Macquarie. As of this writing, the post has received over 13,000 reactions.
In the video, a man identified as “Darrel” is caring for the injured animal at the Bellangry State Forest in New South Wales, Australia, the New York Post reported. The marsupial, which was nicknamed “Kate,” received some water from the kind Samaritan and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Darrel was praised for taking care of the koala and bringing her quickly to safety.
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