Koala rescued from NSW bushfire dies due to extensive burns

The koala was saved by a woman using the shirt off her own back, but had to be put down after his burns worsened A koala that was saved from a NSW bushfire by a woman using the shirt off her own back has been put down in a koala hospital due to his extensive burns.Video footage of Toni Doherty saving the koala from the Long Flat bushfire near Port Macquarie went viral a week ago. Related: 'Absolute tragedy': hundreds of koalas feared dead after NSW bushfiresContinue reading...