The woman who took the footage went back to the site a day later and found three very sick and injured koalas. One had to be euthanised because a wound became infected and was found with maggots in it,

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reports. Friends of the Earth spokesman Anthony Amis said: "The Wildlife Act offers koalas protection in Victoria and we think it has been breached in this instance and we will be talking to lawyers in the next day or two about what our options are."