The Koala Saved By A Woman In Port Macquarie Has To Be Hand Fed A Leaf At A Time

Tony Doherty, a grandmother from Port Macquarie, made headlines and was labelled a hero this week after she took the shirt off her back and tip toed through flames to rescue a distressed koala stuck in the midst off the NSW bushfires.

If you haven’t seen the footage, we’ll post it below, but warn the content is distressing:

Now, days after the footage went viral, 2DayFM Breakfast spoke with Sue Ashton from the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital for an update on how little Lewis is holding up. 

Take a listen:

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