Oakridge Rd resident Norm Malley said his small Shitzu-cross was out in his yard early this morning when it was bailed up by a large male koala. (left, cooling down after the brawl)
"I heard barking and hissing outside, originally I thought it was the trouble and strife, but when I went out there was a really big koala bailing up the dog,"(below) he said.
Neither animal was willing to give any ground during the tense stand-off, which Mr Malley likened to "prize fighters in the ring". Although neither Koala or Dog had gloves on, no corner-men and it's believed that they were not wearing gum shields."I knew who was going to win and I wasn't really worried about the koala," he said.
"It was about four times the size of my little dog."
The stand-off ended when Mr Malley was able to grab his dog, which was bailed up against the fence, and the koala escaped up a tree, where it's thought they live.
A Department of Environment and Heritage spokeswoman Emily Holyoak said koalas were rarely aggressive."Usually koalas just defend themselves, unless they get extremely pissed off with yapping little lap dogs, in which case they have been known to leave the tree and beat the shit out of them". Said Emily.
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