James, he's indicating. - Ah, there. - Yeah. Excellent. Good boy, Bear. Good boy. - [Narrator] Bear's sensitive nose has located another survivor, who can now be saved from inevitable starvation.

Bear, a six-year-old Australian Koolie dog, became an international sensation by locating over 100 injured koalas caught in scorched areas left behind by Australia's 2019-2020 wildfires.

Unlike other koala detection dogs who sniff out koala scat, Bear is able to smell and lead rescuers to live koalas Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

That’s where the deployment of koala detection dogs, like Bear, can be of value. The University of the Sunshine Coast has been training canines at the Detection Dogs for Conservation Centre.

UPDATE: (Nov. 26, 6:23 a. m. ) -- The koala who was rescued from the wildfire has died. Veterinarians at the Koala Hospital Port Macquaire put Ellenborough Lewis to sleep Tuesday, according to the ...