Koala stolen from Adventure World and released into the wild found after extensive search

Koala stolen from Adventure World and released into the wild found after extensive searchA koala stolen from Adventure World has been safely recovered from a tree around one kilometre from the popular Perth theme park.Orana, 16, was kidnapped from her wildlife park and released into the wild on Saturday night with the thief posting vision of the bizarre stunt to Snapchat.Concerned the koala wouldn’t survive without her medication, a callout to the public to help find the marsupial led to a massive search effort on Sunday throughout Bibra Lake bushland.“Last night somebody stole Orana from Adventure World and released her into nearby bush land (recorded and released on Snapchat),” Klara Donovan wrote on Facebook.“She is on medication and will be dead within the day if she isn’t found. If you have some time to head over that way and help join the search, please do!”Volunteer Jodie Jones told Nine News Perth she found Orana around 5pm Sunday.“A lady said they let it out near a roundabout – I had this feeling on the other side that we’d try this side and so we just parked up there and were walking down here and we found her up in the tree,”…
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