The Queensland government’s decision to quietly divert $2.7m from what it had previously promised would be a state-of-the-art koala research facility to build a rollercoaster instead was a public relations disaster. But the Queensland Conservation Council director, Dave Copeman, is not mourning the loss of the jettisoned Future Lab wildlife research centre at Dreamworld, nor […]
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In order to build a new mine in Queensland, 1,000 hectares of koala habitat would need to be removed
In order to build a new mine in Queensland, Australia, 1,023.6 hectares of koala habitat would need to be removed. More than 70 hectares of the greater gliders’ habitat will also be lost as a result of the project; earlier this month, two of these species were placed on the endangered species list. Greater gliders […]
Baby Koala Showers His Mom with Hugs and Kisses as She Undergoes Surgery
A baby koala named Phantom could not leave his mom while she was undergoing surgery after a road accident. Both koalas were hit by a car west of Brisbane, but, fortunately, young Phantom did not sustain any serious injuries. It was his mom, Lizzy, who needed treatment for facial trauma and a collapsed lung. Mother […]
Hungry Koala Walks Up To Couple Asking For Help
Marcel and Melissa were visiting Kangaroo Island, Australia, when they found a koala who needed their help! They were driving through a burned forest area and came across a koala who was all alone and ran into the middle of the street. When they pulled over and got out of their car, the koala came […]
Cause of death for 16 koalas on Victoria tree plantation under investigation
At a Victorian tree plantation, sixteen koalas have perished, and the cause of death is unknown. A probe was started by Victoria’s conservation agency after 13 koalas’ deaths were discovered on a plantation on June 14. According to the regulator, the owner of the plantation informed it of the deaths. Since then, three more koalas’ […]
Animal parks and zoos exposed for renting out koalas for profit
The ‘horrible’ practice of animal parks hiring out koalas for thousands of dollars per hour to homes and hotels in NSW may be outlawed. Conservation organizations slammed the Australian Reptile Park on the NSW Central Coast in January for allegedly renting koalas to clients who wanted to ‘impress guests’ at events, hotels, or residences. Due […]
Petition: Maya the Senior Dog Helps Search and Rescue Koalas in Australia
“I started thinking that maybe there was another animal that could find these scats by relying on their nose.” Koala poo is very smelly, but it doesn’t smell like poo – it smells like eucalyptus. Using your eyes, they are quite hard to spot, but for dogs the smell would be like a rose in […]
‘Sliding towards extinction’: koala may be given endangered listing as numbers plummet
The koala is being considered for official listing as endangered after the summer’s bushfire disaster and ongoing habitat destruction on the east coast forced the government to reconsider its threat status. The iconic species, which is currently listed as vulnerable under national environment laws, is among 28 animals that could have their threat status upgraded, […]