"I didn't realise they could cry out. It was just so heart-rending and I knew I needed to get him out of there as quickly as possible," Ms Doherty told Nine News. The 14-year-old koala had ...

The koala's watery, red-rimmed eyes are the only ... everyday bodily functions like passing urine make the animals cry out in pain. "Their reproductive system falls apart," Dr Pyne explains.