More than 60,000 koalas killed or hurt in Australia’s bushfires

More than 60,000 koalas were among the animals badly affected by the bushfire crisis in Australia a year ago, according to a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia. The worst losses were on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, where the conservation group estimates more than 41,000 koalas were killed or harmed by […]
In Pictures: Australia’s iconic koalas face bleak future #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow

At work, Morgan Philpott cares for sick children. In his off-hours, the Australian paediatric nurse turns his attention to an equally defenceless group: unwell koalas. “They really run the risk of becoming extinct inside our lifetime,” Philpott said of the New South Wales koala population while helping a veterinarian treat a rescued koala infected with […]