Australia Fires 2019 Koalas

As koalas suffer in the Australian bushfires misinformation has spread about their demise.

Australia fires 2019 koalas. A dehydrated and injured koala receives treatment at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia on Nov. A new report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia found the 2019-20 bushfires resulted in the loss of about 71 of koala populations in fire affected areas at six locations on the north coast of New South Wales. By Amy Woodyatt CNN.

The fires impacted more than 41000 koalas on South Australias Kangaroo Island more than 11000 in Victoria nearly 8000 in NSW and nearly 900 in Queensland. Hundreds of Koalas Feared Dead in Australia Wildfires. In 2019 a lot of bushfires have reportedly caused many casualties to koalas.

In this image from a video taken on Friday Dec. Koala losses mount in Australian fires. Experts fear hundreds of koalas may have perished in a wildfire in New South Wales Australia.

South Australia had both the Cudlee Creek bushfire in the Adelaide Hills and the Kangaroo Island bushfire both of which had a devastating impact on the local community. A koala is pictured in Queensland. A new WWF-Australia report released on Sunday reveals the losses at six fire.

WWF-Australia CEO Dermot OGorman said koalas in NSW and Queensland were in rapid decline before the fires. The fire is believed to have been sparked by a lightning strike on October 26 2019 at some 400 kilometers north of Sydney. Up to 30 of koalas may have been killed in Australias New South Wales bushfires says environment minister By Alla Eschchenko and Tara John CNN Published 228 PM EST Fri December 27 2019.

No koalas arent functionally extinctyet. Australias koalas are in serious decline experts say with as few as 43000 left in the wild. October 30 2019.