Conservationists say they are disappointed Transport for NSW made light of a koala wandering through a Sydney train station after it emerged the animal had to be rescued from a home soon after.
Transport for NSW shared a video of police officers ushering a koala off a train station in Sydney's south-west into nearby trees.What's next?
In the video caption, Transport for NSW praised the police officers for encouraging the koala off the tracks into a line of trees nearby.Supplied: WIRESHowever, wildlife rescuers with WIRES were later called when the koala, dubbed Klaus, turned up in the backyard of a nearby home. In the video, were police officers were seen corralling the koala up on a fence before it jumped to a pole off the platform away from the train tracks."The koala-fied officers were able to convince Blinky Bill its best route would be back to the bush, before it scaled the fence and headed off home towards the nearby National Park," a spokesperson for Transport for NSW said.
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