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Drinking stations are keeping koalas hydrated through devastating bushfire season

As bushfires burn across Australia, images are emerging of koalas drinking water directly from human water bottles and hoses – prompting … [follow link to original story…]

Govt is working to address threats to native species: Ley

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley told AM that up to 30 per cent of the koalas in the NSW mid north coast may have been killed by bushfires in … [follow link to original story…]

‘They’ll get through this’: Koala’s perishing in unprecedented bushfires

Bushfires raging across the east coast of Australia have intruded on koala habitat’s, taking a toll on the population. In fires burning near Port Macquarie … [follow link to original story…]

Higher authority? Time to put faith in lower emissions

Veterinarian Gundi Rhoades (“Cattle can’t breed, koalas die of thirst: a vet’s hellish climate diary”, December 26) exposes widespread despair. [follow link to original story…]

Koalas suffering severe burns, dehydration and starvation silent victims of the Cudlee Creek fires

Dozens of severely burnt, starving and dehydrated koalas currently in care in the wake of the Cudlee Creek bushfires are just the beginning of the job … [follow link to original story…]

Koalas’ sad song gets a hearing at inquiry

I’ve had quite a lot to do with koalas in Gunnedah over the years as part of Project Koala Gunnedah, but somehow this happening had completely … [follow link to original story…]

‘Koala plan needs to go back to the drawing board’: Redlands mayor

Almost 20,000 hectares of koala habitat in both Redland and Moreton Bay council areas – some with viable koala populations – have not been … [follow link to original story…]

Queensland Government continues ‘open season’ on koalas

The Palaszczuk Government has been creating the illusion of being proactive on koala preservation but in reality, nothing has changed, writes Sue … [follow link to original story…]

Australian Museum’s Chief Scientist, Dr Rebecca Johnson

Dr Johnson is a leader in mammal genomics and chief investigator of the Koala genome project. The work of this ground-breaking collaboration … [follow link to original story…]

Koala protection plan criticised for lack of action on cars and dogs

South-east Queensland’s draft koala conservation strategy, released this month, will not prevent the deaths of hundreds of koalas to cars and dogs … [follow link to original story…]