http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25042176-1243,00.htmlVictoria fires koala image of Sam mocked by TMZ.com; Sam reunited with rescuer David Tree
SAM the world's most famous koala came face to face with her Victoria fires saviour in gold yesterday, Country Fire Authority volunteer David Tree.
And along with achieving worldwide attention and even becoming adored on Facebook, Sam today managed something very rare - earning an apology from US gossip website TMZ.
UPDATE: TMZ releases joke video apology to Sam the koala.
In a post about Mr Tree giving his water bottle to the koala he found stumbling through burnt out bushland in the Victoria fires, TMZ.com wrote:
“After battling some of the worst wildfires ever to hit Australia, a firefighter shared his bottled water with a pampered koala on Monday. Afterwards the new friends went to Pilates and dined on sushi.”
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btw, that koala wasn't in the latest fires...rather she was found when firefighters were doing a "controlled burn" the week or so before...
all the animals in teh bush fires are dead or dying...nothing can survive such ferocity....one woman went down a wombat hole and LIVED....amazing
