Wrapped in towels and sandwiched between laundry baskets, Noisy the koala is released two months after being pulled from Australia’s devastating bushfires.
The two-year-old, nicknamed for the racket it made after being rescued, was a lucky survivor after its habitat was burnt to a crisp on Kangaroo Island, 150 miles off Adelaide.
Rescuers – including a Brit dubbed the Bushfire Angel – found the petrified mite starving and dehydrated. But today, after a nightmare summer which left 34 people and a billion animals dead, Noisy’s return signals joy – and sheer relief – as Australia slowly returns to normal.
He is one of 70 critters who were saved and rehabilitated by a dedicated team from charity Humane Society International at emergency
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