Edit* now 16 million hectares in Australia gone. Estimated over 30% of our koalas dead💔

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  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    If you love koalas you might also love our Aussie wombats as well. They are a burrowing animal and cheeky as!!
    check this one doing zoomies! all our special wildlife will be doing it tough with the drought and fires and it would be tragic for the planet to lose all the precious species.
    https://www.facebook.com/153222788044636/posts/2926457627387791/
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    over 2000 koalas in northern nsw and eastern qld sadly gone.
    https://www.facebook.com/125982670754724/posts/2989816317704664/
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Terrible
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I can't believe he won. Our Trump moment.
    Yep, we are a stupid country
    Who's the alternative?

  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    edited December 2019
    rhanishane said:
    sadly ellenborough lewis the koala rescued that went viral has passed and so has katie the koala from the hillville fire. RIP🐨💔
    Poor Lewis
    Post edited by i_lov_it on
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    i_lov_it said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    I can't believe he won. Our Trump moment.
    Yep, we are a stupid country
    Who's the alternative?

    Anyone but Liberal.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    Drought, heatwave and fire conditions are seeing koalas looking for water more than ever. Its estimated weve lost thousands now in the bushfire crisis and the aftermath is resulting in survivors starving and dying of dehydration. Koala in aboriginal language means "no drink".. they do not drink water unless they absolutely need it. As they survive solely on gum leaves the gums are losing their moisture and dropping leaves at an alarming rate. 
    https://www.9news.com.au/national/thirsty-koala-approaches-cyclist-for-drink-as-temperatures-reach-40-degrees-sa-heatwave-video/331865bb-65f6-4a92-ba92-a5ed655cc4b8?ocid=Social-9News
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    So beautiful yet so sad
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    So beautiful yet so sad
    I've just had yet another bushfire pop up near me. I am so over it and its pristine bushland that contains so much wildlife. Why hasnt it been declared a major disaster i will never know. So many species including koalas will go extinct because of this lowlife government not taking action soon enough. The major river here has never run dry... it has now. Its as bad as it gets. We got 10mill of rain on xmas eve it was not enough to fill the 10cm cracks opening up in the ground cause its so dry.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Sure sounds like a major disaster to me  I'm sorry to hear about the toll on you folks, on the wildlife, on the nerves.  Just terrible.  I hope things settle down out there.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Sad situation. I hope wildlife numbers can bounce back. I fear the worst.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    brianlux said:
    Sure sounds like a major disaster to me  I'm sorry to hear about the toll on you folks, on the wildlife, on the nerves.  Just terrible.  I hope things settle down out there.
    It is major considering the amazon fires burnt 250,000 hectares NSW alone has burnt 3.5 million hectares.
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    with all the devastation caused to our beautiful koalas here is an uplifting video that sure made me smile.
    https://www.facebook.com/59944789668/posts/10158135103149669/
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    :)
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    I visited port Macquarie koala hospital today!! Many of the burnt koalas were unable to be viewed due to their injuries. Amazing to see so many people there supporting it 
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    I read some people are trying to convince the NZ government to introduce Koalas to NZ. They have enough eucalyptus trees. Might actually be a good idea if they don’t impact the native fauna?!
  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    JPPJ84 said:
    I read some people are trying to convince the NZ government to introduce Koalas to NZ. They have enough eucalyptus trees. Might actually be a good idea if they don’t impact the native fauna?!
    I don't think that will happen as our possums are already causing havoc over there. Aussie Ark is building a sanctuary in Barrington tops National Park one of the only areas relatively untouched by fire yet big enough for 1500 koalas with a predator fence and with bushfire preventative measures.  They already have a Tassie Devil sanctuary up there

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