A man is wrenching hearts around the web after giving water to a koala that was badly burned by the wildfires ravaging Australia’s east coast.
Koala Hospital Port Macquarie, a rehab facility for the care and conservation of wild koalas, posted a video Wednesday of the heartbreaking moment that has garnered thousands of likes and an outpouring of sympathy from the social media masses.
The now viral Facebook clip shows a man identified only as “Darrel” caring for the scalded marsupial at the Bellangry State Forest in New South Wales, Australia, The Mirror reports. Darrel can be seen giving the poor creature — now named Kate — water from a plastic cup, which it gratefully laps up.
“So badly singed,” commented the kind-hearted Samaritan, who later wrapped Kate in a blanket and brought her to the Koala Hospital Port Macquarie.