Rescuers struggle to help wildlife injured in Australia’s wildfires
Volunteer firefighter David Tree shares his water with the koala now known as Sam at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region. (Mark Parden / Associated Press)
Colleen Wood, left, and Jenni Shaw with Sam. (Andrew Brownbill/EPA)
On the road to recovery. (Rebecca Michael/AFP/Getty Images)
Sam, the patient. (Rebecca Michael/AFP/Getty Images)
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A ringtail possum is cared for at the Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter. (Andrew Brownbill/EPA)
At a rescue station in Whittlesea, north of Melbourne, volunteers Selina Buhler, left, and Gayley Baird feed a kangaroo joey that was orphaned in the wildfires. (Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images)
Volunteers Gayley Baird, left, and Selina Buhler with the baby kangaroo. (Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images)
Adam Russell, left, Leigh Wyatt and Howard Ralph, of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, tend to an injured wallaby at the Whittlesea rescue station. (Paul Crock / AFP/Getty Images)
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Baird holds a baby ringtail possum. (Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images)
