Should koalas be declared an endangered species?

Mar 10, 2020

As the bushfires ravaged forest land, the habitats and food that Koalas rely on were destroyed. Image: Unsplash/Wim Bollen

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An injured koala at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, Australia. Image: REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

Figure 1. The fire footprint of the 2019‐2020 fire events, inclusive of 1st October 2019 to 10th January 2020 (in red dash) and the fire footprint inclusive of 1st October 2019 to 10th December 2019 only, the period covered in the initial report (in orange).

The majority of ARKS (Areas of Regional Koala Significance) were heavily affected by the bushfires of 2019-2020. Image: International Fund for Animal Welfare

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