I think we all have to understand a rescue of a distressed / injured wild animal isn't always going to be apreaciated by the said creature.
1 I dont know the person involved but its still mentioned with laughter by all who were there many years on ,Approach injured koala , to have him run at the rescuer and try and climb that left leg to be safe , koala attached to leg as he spun around on the other one were very funny to watch I'm told .The bites he got to his hands trying to prise the poor animal off as well as the deep claw tears to his leg kept him in hospital for a week.
2. A friend who worked in national parks told me this , returning to grafton from Yurrigar there superviser driving the work truck spotted a small grey roo with skowers huddled beside a large puddle , as he bent over to pick up the small sick creature its mother bounded out of the heath and
launched with both legs into his back sending him face first into the puddle , crawling to his feet with fists clenched he just didn't understand
what had happened , launching off her tail this time she hit him in the chest and sent him straight back into the same puddle , guys in truck stopped laughing eventually and came to the bosses aid .. roo was released in time .
3 Me . I spotted a comerant tangled in fishing line beside an oyster encrusted pylon getting hammered by the waves , got my boat along side and freed the exhausted bird , it still had a large treble hook in its beak so I was taking to the wildlife careres , half way back to the boat ramp it gots its wind back and looked up at me from my lap were it had layed and just snapped at my face , got the end of my nose and slashed my hand , You know It never occured to me the edges of those long beaks are like a razor blade , the bird guy when he saw the bid I had Imeadiately put on full length welding gloves
