Kylee Donkers has been involved in some 'very strange rescues' over the years, but this animal recovery on a lake on the Victoria-NSW border was a new experience.
The wombat was spotted stranded on a stump in the middle of Lake Mulwala on Monday.abc.net.au/news/wombat-stranded-lake-mulwala-victoria-nsw-first-wildlife-rescuer/101911138North Victorian wildlife carer Kylee Donkers has been involved in some "very strange rescues" over the years, but an animal recovery on a lake this week was a first.
Young fishers Jack and Archie Hewat were on a jetski on Lake Mulwala, on the Murray River, with their grandmother Barbara Hewat when they saw what they thought was a koala on a stump.Ms Hewat then called Dutch Thunder Wildlife Shelter and Ms Donkers headed to the lake to rescue the the waterlogged marsupial, who she said was not a natural swimmer.
"I asked her on the trip home how she ended up there but unfortunately she couldn't answer me," Ms Donkers said.
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