Sam the Koala - David Tree on US TV (Today Show) 12 Feb 2009

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Sam
• Koala
• Firefighter
• Bushfires

[stecfc]

I really hope you guys in Aus catch the culprits and send them to life in prison. Great story. Devastated for you all from an Englishman.

[bpetridis]

I live in an area that was hit hard by these fires. No one minds that a story people can relate to came out of this and grabbed some media attention. The photos of Sam wih David have raised a lot of Money for the Country Fire Authority who are all volunteers, so debating the fine points of this is a little silly. Anything that helps these the CFA financially is going to be well received.

[frankovich213]

@bpetridis How are you guys going now? I'm from South Australia so I wasn't affected but even though SA and Victoria are usually bitter rivals, we were all hoping that you guys were ok during that terrible time. It was very sad to see.

[shantaljayde]

this is my best friends daddy <3

[Devoted2Clois]

@bpetridis so sorry that you live in an area that was hit...i lived near enough but was not affected by the fire...im sorry. this guy is amazing

[Jetpackswithmonkeys]

@MONOMANCHILD HTF did he do the right thing?

[kingkimber]

Rest in Peace Sam. The face of Hope. Dead at 4years old.

[kellyknight13]

wwhooo cares how much media attention the koala gets and how much david gets. it isnt often that a wild koala lets an average man come up to it and let it drink from them. this was an amazing thing that came out of the devastating fires.

[MONOMANCHILD]

Gordonfreeman502..<< whats wrong he did the right thing?? so shut the fuck up!

[verticalsmurf]

The thing is mudchair, we humans can relate to other humans. We can (kind of) understand how they would have chosen to stay and try to protect their homes. We also know they were warned, and that the majority had ample opportunity to get away, but chose to stay and fight.

These weren't natural fires, most were deliberatly lit, so, the animals didn't get their usual natural warnings that the shit was about to hit the fan, so they couldn't get away. Animal deaths are no less gruesome than humans.

[Gordonfreeman502]

I also live in Victoria - In fact I know this guy - He's a bus driver at my school - he's decent enough, but I really don't think he deserves this kind of attention.

+ I also know someone that took a picture of Dave Tree with the Koala - he sold it to the American Media, & pocketed $125,000.

[Gordonfreeman502]

There should be more of a punishment to the cunt (I know people don't like this word, but it's the only way to describe him) who lit those fires - I think it would be worth introducing a death sentence in Australia just for that guy.