Koala Colonies Decimated by Wildfires in Australia
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2019-11-14
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Koala Colonies Decimated
by Wildfires in Australia.
In recent weeks, over 100 fires have raced through eastern
Australia, destroying more than two million acres of land. .
In Port Macquarie, Australia, that land is an important
habitat for one of Australia’s most prized species: koalas. .
Unlike other animals who flee
from fires, koalas scale to the top
of trees and curl into a protective ball,
waiting for the danger to pass. .
As a result, an estimated 350 of the nearly
700 koalas living in the area have been "incinerated.".
According to Cheyne Flanagan, a clinical director at the Koala
Hospital in Port Macquarie, the recorded deaths are a "national
tragedy,” and the numbers are only expected to grow.
"We crunched the numbers up to 350, but these fires have gotten worse, and the numbers are probably higher … We are not finding bodies because they are incinerating to ash."
Cheyne Flanagan, via ‘USA Today’
by Wildfires in Australia.
In recent weeks, over 100 fires have raced through eastern
Australia, destroying more than two million acres of land. .
In Port Macquarie, Australia, that land is an important
habitat for one of Australia’s most prized species: koalas. .
Unlike other animals who flee
from fires, koalas scale to the top
of trees and curl into a protective ball,
waiting for the danger to pass. .
As a result, an estimated 350 of the nearly
700 koalas living in the area have been "incinerated.".
According to Cheyne Flanagan, a clinical director at the Koala
Hospital in Port Macquarie, the recorded deaths are a "national
tragedy,” and the numbers are only expected to grow.
"We crunched the numbers up to 350, but these fires have gotten worse, and the numbers are probably higher … We are not finding bodies because they are incinerating to ash."
Cheyne Flanagan, via ‘USA Today’
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