Wildlife campaigners have made a last ditch plea to the Victorian government to save koalas in a blue gum plantation due to be logged on Friday. The Victorian government has approved the clear-felling of the Gordon plantation by owner Midway Pty Ltd without relocating the koalas, despite pleas from local carers and experts to protect […]
Tag: Koalas
Dave the koala goes home after treatment for a fractured pelvis
Many species are fighting to survive as a result of climate change and deforestation. The koala is one of the animals whose numbers are rapidly dwindling. Thousands of koalas were harmed by the bushfires that ravaged 19 million hectares of land in 2020-2021. In addition to the injuries and homelessness suffered by koalas as a […]
Koalas, one of Australia’s most beloved mammals, are at risk of extinction
Climate change has proved disastrous in Australia, as it has in many other places across the world. Temperatures have reached record highs, and flames have engulfed neighborhoods and wildlife habitats. Climate change is particularly endangering a key endangered species: the koala. Koalas, like all creatures, have no voice and no power. It is up to […]
Charges Coming Against Landowner and Company Involved in Koala Massacre
Last week, the Australian authorities charged a landowner and two companies over a koala massacre that happened last year. The landowner and companies are being held responsible for the dozens of koalas that were killed during a clearance operation. After the operation, 21 koalas were found dead and dozens more seriously injured at the timber […]
‘Koala massacre’ prompts Australian authorities to issue hundreds of animal cruelty charges
Regulators in the Australian state of Victoria have slapped over 250 animal cruelty charges over the alleged mass killing of koalas. Dozens of koalas – a protected species in Victoria – were found dead at the partially cleared timber plantation at Cape Bridgewater in February last year. At first, 21 animals were found dead at […]
Petition: Protect Australia’s Declining Koala Population
Koalas, despite their nickname, are not bears but marsupials. The babies, called joeys, develop in their mother’s pouch for about six months; they then spend the next six months riding on their mothers’ backs while using the pouch to feed and sleep. As adults, Koalas spend most of their lives in eucalyptus trees. They sleep […]
‘Road to extinction’: koalas could soon be listed as endangered in swathes of eastern Australia
Koalas could soon be listed as endangered in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory after bushfires smashed already struggling populations and destroyed precious habitat. A federal panel of threatened species experts has recommended the marsupial’s status be upgraded from vulnerable in each of the three jurisdictions. Josey Sharrad from the International Fund […]
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 […]