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Wombats bundled into cars and evacuated during Cherry Gardens bushfire
Bundling 15 wombats into three cars as a bushfire threatened an Adelaide Hills wildlife sanctuary was a nervous moment for the centre’s boss, Brigitte Stevens, but it was the 72 others she had to leave behind she feared for most.
Key points:
- 15 rescued and sick wombats had to be evacuated from a sanctuary on Sunday
- The Wombat Awareness Organisation had nowhere to take the wombats as temperatures remained above 40C
- Injured possums were taken to a farm rescue centre during the Cherry Gardens bushfire
The Wombat Awareness Organisation founding director said the sanctuary’s 50-hectare Flaxley property was in the CFS emergency zone after the Cherry Gardens bushfire ignited on Sunday afternoon.
“We were starting to get covered in ash, starting to…
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