Shotgun-blasted koala makes miraculous recovery

Thu, 11 Nov 2010

Sydney - The shotgun-blasted baby koala that vets in Australia had given a slim chance of survival is likely to pull through.

"Frodo is now much brighter and alert and is moving around well in the intensive care unit," Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital veterinary surgeon Amber Gillett said in a statement Thursday.

"Frodo has made good improvements overnight and has started eating leaf on her own, which is a positive sign for her future."

Frodo was found last week at Jimna, near Brisbane, apparently blasted out of a tree with a shotgun. Next to the 16-month-old was her mother, dead from gunshot wounds.

Frodo took at least 15 pellets, which Gillett is removing in batches so as not to stress the 2-kilogram animal too much.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/353063,koala-makes-miraculous-recovery.html.