Brigade answers call of the wild

IT was fur, not fire, that called for intervention from Dandenong Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Cranbourne last week.
Last Thursday morning the Australian Wildlife Assistance Rescue and Education (AWARE) was called to the South Gippsland Highway near Cameron Street after a koala was injured by traffic.
A crew from AWARE attended the scene but the koala retreated up an ageing gum tree and the CFA had to be called.
Dandenong CFA’s hydraulic platform helped the crew reach into the tree.
Although the koala was reluctant to leave its position, it was eventually removed and caged by the combined efforts of the rescue teams on scene.
Michelle Thomas from AWARE said the koala was doing well and was set for release back into the wild in the next few days.
The koala was treated for a broken claw, but Ms Thomas said koalas could cope with one broken claw.
“It had no other injuries,” she said.
“It is even better now than when it came in.”