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Some of the worst floods in living memory have devastated Australia's east coast posing a threat to humans and wildlife, including the koala. The animal is found only in Australia, and now it's endangered. 



one of the world's most iconic species found nowhere else but Australia and now endangered, enlisting them as endangered. It actually brings them into the limelight and gets them that protection that they deserve. The Koala population plunging some 50% in Queensland Australia. In the last two decades, the Australian Koala Foundation says the country has lost 30% of its beloved marsupial over the past three years. Among the threats, Those intense wildfires in 2019 and 2020, According to the World Wildlife Fund in Australia, some 60,000 Koalas were killed or affected in some way. Many caught in the fire. Some dramatically rescued. His eyes are quite clear. Australian army vets work to save the surviving koalas so we'll trim these will give them a really good cleanup, trim up the dead skin. But the wildfires aren't the only factor in population decline. Land clearing has stripped away the koala's natural habitat and food supply. Tell me about mellie. She's super cute. This is a female koalas? She is female. She is about eight years old, Caitlin. Andreychuk cares for koalas at Australia's moonlit sanctuary Caitlin. What would we lose if we lost the koala. When you think Australia, you think koalas and they're an example of amazing adaptation. They have found a niche in an environment where it's really harsh and hard to survive. But they eat a food source that many other animals can't eat and they get water from those leaves there up in a place that's safe for them at the top of the trees. They have managed to adapt to the harsh country. A harsh environment. Do you think we can still save the koala? Absolutely, but it requires acting now. We can't wait too late. We can't Plant trees and have them grow up to be adult trees overnight. We actually have to plant trees now. Thinking of where they're going to be in 10 years time, the Australian government has pledged $50 million Koala monitoring program.

Koalas now listed as endangered as fires, flooding devastates Australia 

Koalas 

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Koalas injured and rescued during the wildfires that devastated eastern Australia last summer have been released back into their habitat. 

Thank you. Okay. You have a champion. You could just cook. Yeah, Number. Yeah, Piper. Thank you. Yeah, it's a pretty It's pretty amazing. Actually, they both were really badly burnt. And there was a whole team effort to get them here. And so much, you know, love so much knowledge, experience, and the whole you know, of our organization. Zoos. Victoria, I feel so many different people, you know, working together. And then here they are back, you know, out of that devastating time in January. It's really lovely, isn't it? To bring life back. And it's a to Allocator. Yeah, okay. Yes. You know that between two individuals, because so

Cute: Koalas released back into their habitat 

Koalas released back into their habitats 

Miniature 400 gram joey, dubbed "Mini," was brought to the zoo for urgent medical attention by a registered wildlife carer who had rescued Mini after her mother was killed by a dog. 

being only 400 g. She's really tiny. She's only just started to emerge from her mother's pouch. So it's a really crucial time in regards to get in that gut Flora and everything in the good bacteria and they're together prepared to go out and eat the leaf that she would normally do in the wild. Being thriving, she's being putting on white. She's put on, I think, 25 g already in the last few days, say, and that's the way that we want her to go. She's been doing really well. She's very active of a not time. Very, very cool. Um, I have not been getting too much sleep because of it, but a vocal active cholera is what we want.

Koala Joey's life was saved by an Australian zoo 

Koala saved by Australian zoo

Plush koalas have been popping up all over Manhattan. From hanging around Central Park, to gripping onto the Brooklyn Bridge, even lounging around Rockefeller Center, koalas have been seen all around the city.

Plush koalas showing up around NYC to help support cause

Stuffed koalas showing up around NYC

With at least an eighth of the koala population already killed in the Australian wildfires, repopulation for the already vulnerable species will take the work of conservationists and animal advocates across the world. The breeding program at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina,  is one of 10 in North America.

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A firefighter helped a thirsty koala drink water from a bottle in South Australia Sunday while fires continued to rage in the region.



Video of firefighter giving water to thirsty koala goes viral

Raw: Firefighter helps koala drink from water bottle

A firefighter helped a thirsty koala drink water from a bottle in south Australia Sunday while fires continued to rage in the region.



The koala that a woman rescued from an Australian bushfire last week has died, according to the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital.



Koala that woman rescued from Australia bushfire dies

Koalas usually spend about the first year on their mother's pouch, but a new cub at an Australian zoo is getting an early start in exploring the world.