UP IN THE AIR: Local koala experts remain unsure what benefits Gunnedah will see from the state government’s koala strategy. Photo: File Photo. [follow link to original story…]
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Games mascot raises $100k for wild koalas
The blue koala mascot was a popular item for young and old, with plush figures selling out long before the Games themselves finished on April 15. [follow link to original story…]
‘No help’: Healthy koala photographed moments before death on Appin Road
The demise of another koala on Appin Road south of Campbelltown has raised further concerns a pending road upgrade will lead to more deaths. [follow link to original story…]
Wildlife rescuer calls for councils to draw up koala plan
A wildlife rescuer has called for “less talk and more action” to protect koala populations in Holsworthy and Moorebank as their habitats increasingly … [follow link to original story…]
Hated new plan for native logging could spark ‘forest wars’
“They will result in more wombats buried alive in their burrows and koalas cut out of their feed trees. “They threaten to reignite the ‘forest wars’ of past … [follow link to original story…]
New koala protection strategy ignores South Coast populations, say campaigners
Local campaigners say they feel the Far South Coast’s koala population has been “completely ignored” within the state government’s new strategy to … [follow link to original story…]
Gunnedah’s Project Koala: How drinkers might help save our own Blinky
About 200 koalas have been microchipped in the world-first study a University of Sydney researcher hopes will help slow the downward spiral of … [follow link to original story…]
Environmentalists say NSW Koala Strategy ‘doomed to fail’
The NSW Coalition government’s long anticipated Koala Strategy, which was released on May 6, has been condemned as inadequate and doomed to … [follow link to original story…]
Life saving research for threatened species
ONE Northern Rivers group has been named a major contributor in Australian health research to aid the threatened koala populations. Friends of the Koala has undertaken a Necropsy Training Workshop with one of Australia’s leading researchers in koala health, veterinarian Dr Damien Higgins from … [follow link to original story…]
Fears Campbelltown koalas face extinction
“I would say in ten years time we will probably wipe the koala population away, the way we are going now,” he said. “With no protection and wildlife corridors and habitats being destroyed, we can kiss our koalas goodbye. “The number of koalas being killed on Appin Rd has increased big time because … [follow link … Read more
