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There are fears hundreds of koalas have died in an out-of-control NSW bushfire

A bushfire burning in northern NSW is tearing through prime koala habitat at Port Macquarie where it's feared hundreds of the beloved marsupials have died.

Koala joey Ramboora and  his mother Iona  sit in the enclosure in the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 8, 2017.  ( Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)

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