Jackie Chan the Rescued Koala Released Back Into the Wild for Second Time

An adorable 3-year-old rescued koala named Jackie Chan was recently released back into the wild near Glen Oak, New South Wales, after recovering from chlamydia in a local koala hospital.

Jackie Chan has been twice been in the care of the Port Stephens Koala Hospital. This time, he was there for about three months, the hospital told Storyful.

The hospital shares regular updates on the progress of the koalas in its care via YouTube and Facebook. Credit: Port Stephens Koala Hospital via Storyful

Video transcript

Ok, so to him so Well, well, Hello, everybody.

We're back here at Homestead with Jackie Chan with Tony and Jillian, who are doing their first release from what you say.

OK, so we'll take the top off.

Yeah, make sure he's facing the tree.

We'll have to turn him.

Yeah, he does.

Yeah.

OK, so take the top off now.

And there you go, mate.

Just squeeze that.

Whoop.

Whoop!

Whoop!

Whoop!

Let him go!

Let him go.

He'll work it out.

So there we go.

And, boy.

Oh, boy.

Yep.

Look around.

Thanks for staying.

Thanks for studying.

Yes, mate.

We know.

Well, Jillian, you could do this every day of the week, couldn't you?

You could.

You could.

So this is your home turf, mate.

And what we've got to do is make sure the council doesn't sell it off to developers.

So it stays your home turf.

And what we can't have happening is, uh, the destruction here, like we saw over at Fleet Street that saw you come down with chlamydia and come back into care.

So you're in good shape now and what we'll do is say goodbye and he's gone.

I know he's looking around