[Daryn Kagan, Cnn Anchor:] Workers and visitors at the San Francisco Zoo are breathing a little bit easier this morning. Police today found two koalas that had been taken from the zoo. The animals were discovered missing from their indoor quarters yesterday morning. And with the latest on how the koalas were found, we're going to go to Steve Chamraz. He's with out CNN affiliate KGO in San Francisco. Steve, good morning.
[Steve Chamraz, Kgo Reporter:] Good morning, Daryn. There are a lot of very happy here at the San Francisco Zoo this morning. The two missing koalas are back here at the zoo, and most importantly they are eating, we're told. Zoo officials got a wake-up call around 2:30 this morning, after the San Francisco police got an anonymous tip that the koalas were being held in a home near San Francisco's Candlestick Point. Police surrounded that house and animal control and zookeepers went in, took custody of those two koalas and brought the back to their home. A veterinarian looked over the koalas just a short time ago. We are told they are healthy and in good spirits, or as good spirits as koalas can be. And the younger one of the two, Leanne, she has already found her favorite napping spot. We're told that she is resting. The older one, Pat, she's about 15 years old. She is in some questionable health. She's a little more stressed out by what happened to her yesterday. She's, I've been told, pacing back and forth, which is what she likes to do to burn off stress.
[Kagan:] Is this a mother-daughter pair, Steve?
[Chamraz:] Excuse me?
[Kagan:] Is this a mother-daughter pair of koala bears?
[Chamraz:] These are I'm sorry, I can't understand what you're saying, Daryn.
[Kagan:] I know, it's a little noisy there at the zoo for you. You have a lot of company, we can hear in the background. These two koala bears, is it a mother and a daughter?
[Chamraz:] Yes, it's a mother and a daughter. The mother's about 15, the daughter's about 8 years old. And they're some of the only koalas here at the San Francisco Zoo that hang out together in a pair. The rest, I am told, all like to stay away from each other, but these two are very closely linked.
[Kagan:] And any idea, any more information about who might have taken them?
[Chamraz:] San Francisco police are looking for two people who were lurking around the zoo on Christmas day, asking zookeepers how they could buy koalas. That set some people off here. One of the zookeepers I spoke with this morning said she actually saw somebody on the roof of the koala area on Christmas day looking in the skylight. And we're told that's probably how these two koalas were taken out, through the skylight of the koala clutch, which is around us right now, yesterday morning.
[Kagan:] But now they're back home and secure and back in their environment?
[Chamraz:] They're back home, they're doing very well, and most importantly they're eating. Koalas have a very finicky diet. They only eat eucalyptus leaves, and most importantly the tenderest tips of the eucalyptus leaves. That's where they get their entire water supply from. So whoever took these koalas probably didn't know how to feed them or that they did not drink water. According to the zookeeper we talked with just a few minutes ago, if they had been gone another day or two, their bodies probably would have just wasted away because they have no store of fat on them. It's just the constant eating of eucalyptus that keeps them alive.
[Kagan:] Well thank goodness there was a happy ending to this one. The koalas are back home at the San Francisco Zoo. Steve Chamraz from KGO, thank you very much for that report.
[Chamraz:] Sure thing, Daryn.