Touching Scenes Of Koalas Cooling Off In River To Escape The Blaze

Amid the catastrophic bushfires in Australia, heartbreaking images and footages showing the magnitude of the disaster are emerging every day. Recently a series of powerful snaps are making waves on social media. Lorene McRae, a local woman captured the touching photos at the Murray River at Tocumwal, New South Wales.

At least 25,000 koala wiped out only on the Kangaroo Island. That's "probably more than half" of the island's koalas population, according to Sam Mitchell, co-owner at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park. Source:Dailymail