Only in Australia could this feel-good story happen. A golden retriever named Asha is being hailed as a hero after comforting a lost baby koala through the night. Via: CBS News
"It was quite early in the morning, and my husband yelled out to me to come have a look at something," McKinnon told News Australia.
"She looked a bit guilty when I came out to see what was going on. Her expression was hilarious," McKinnon said. The dog owner says her golden retriever looked confused by the strange animal resting on her, but let it happen anyway.
The temperatures in Strathdownie, the town in Victoria where McKinnon lives, were around 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) in the early hours of Monday, so the koala was likely cold.
The family took photos of the joey cozied up on Asha's back which have gone viral.
. The koala is doing well and is now being looked after by a local koala carer, she said.
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