{"id":453717,"date":"2026-02-02T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453717\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:23:08","slug":"incredible-rescue-of-koala-from-grill-of-car-in-adelaides-southern-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453717\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredible rescue of koala from grill of car in Adelaide&#8217;s southern suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A koala has been rescued after it was hit by a car and thrown through the grille in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/adelaide\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Adelaide\">Adelaide<\/a>&#8216;s southern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>The marsupial &#8211; consequently named Axle &#8211; was picked \ufeffup by volunteer rescuers from the Southern Koala and Echidna Rescue after he was injured before midnight on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you ever needed another reason to stop and check after hitting an animal, this is it\ufeff,&#8221; the charity said on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a7d85131-af8f-4486-8b77-715e0282ae84.jpeg\"   alt=\"The koala was thrown through the grille of the vehicle.\"\/>The koala was thrown through the grille of the vehicle. (Southern Koala and Echidna Rescue Ltd)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was hit with such force that he was thrown through the grille of a car and yet, somehow, he has come away with only minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our amazing volunteer rescuers responded just before midnight and carefully worked to free Axle from the car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was vet-checked today and, aside from a scrape and what we imagine is a very sore head, this brave boy is remarkably okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1b283f15-3476-4bf5-b37c-c9507910df35.jpeg\"   alt=\"Incredible rescue of koala from grill of car\"\/>Incredible rescue of koala from grill of car (Southern Koala and Echidna Rescue Ltd)<\/p>\n<p>The charity thanked the driver who stopped, checked and called its 24-hour hotline.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One phone call truly made all the difference,&#8221; the charity said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Axle will spend a few days resting and receiving some well-deserved TLC before being released back into a safer part of his home territory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Koala Foundation recommends several steps to rescue an injured koala.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>If you come across an injured koala, you should pull off the road safely and call your local wildlife carer for instructions if possible.<\/p>\n<p>Always make sure it is safe before you go onto the road to attend to an animal and stop any traffic if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffApproach the animal carefully from behind and place a blanket over the koala, enclosing its arms and head.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful as the koala is frightened and has very sharp claws.<\/p>\n<p>Move the koala to a safe place away from any traffic, handle the animal as little as possible and keep the environment quiet until it arrives at a vet or with a wildlife carer.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A koala has been rescued after it was hit by a car and thrown through the grille in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-453717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}