Wombats bundled into cars and evacuated during Cherry Gardens bushfire
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Maya the wombat is taken away from the bushfire danger zone on Sunday.
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Bundling 15 wombats into three cars as a bushfire threatened an Adelaide Hills wildlife sanctuary was a nervous moment for the centre s boss, Brigitte Stevens, but it was the 72 others she had to leave behind she feared for most.
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The Wombat Awareness Organisation had nowhere to take the wombats as temperatures remained above 40C
Injured possums were taken to a farm rescue centre during the Cherry Gardens bushfire
The Wombat Awareness Organisation founding director said the sanctuary s 50-hectare Flaxley property was in the CFS emergency zone after the Cherry Gardens bushfire ignited on Sunday afternoon.