"KOALA
Azaliah and her joey Zali were hit by a car not long after 40 eucalyptus trees in their home were destroyed."

"The pair were among an estimated 10 million native animals killed on Australian roads every year."
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/reform-urged-as-native-animals-face-deadly-spring
#biodiversity #koalas #cars #roads #destruction #extinction #wildlife

A koala unfriendly infrastructure

"The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."

No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-highway-death-raises-questions-over-wait-for-signage

"Signs are litter on a stick
Signs are white noise motorists ignore
Signs are a cheap option"
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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
#koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety

Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer

Wild turkey annoys town, kitten rescued from car engine, woman adopts koala, and tiny bird bites the hand that loves it.

  https://cutetropolis.com/2025/11/27/links-jerky-turkey/  

#birds #cats #kittens #koalas #turkeys

🐨🦁 Researchers at the University of #Manchester used preserved collagen proteins in fossil bones to reveal that #koalas are the closest living relatives of Thylacoleo carnifex, an extinct marsupial #lion with the strongest bite of any known #mammal.

👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/koalas-marsupials-evolution-extinct

#marsupials #evolution #paleontology #australia #wildlife #science #biology

Drones spot hidden koala population in NSW Snowy Mountains

A hidden group of koalas has been discovered, with the use of thermal drones, for the first time…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #Avonside #discovery #jindabyne #koalakaraoke #koalas #LLS #LocalLandServices #new #peakview #population #sighting #SnowyMountains #thermaldrones
https://www.newsbeep.com/223451/

Koala translocation: malnourished, emaciated and dead

"NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead.
Eight of the 13 koalas moved from forest near Wollongong to the South East Forest national park near Bega died over a two-month period."

"Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says. The New South Wales government rejected advice from an expert scientific panel before it attempted a failed reintroduction of koalas to a forest in the state’s south that resulted in the death of more than half the animals."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/20/koala-deaths-government-rejected-expert-advice-failed-reintroduction
#translocation #conservation #ecology #biodiversity #koalas #governance #AnimalCruelty #RecklessIndifference #wildlife

The designated living space for Australian wildlife is the side of the road

Koala, Vale Perry was injured by a car, rescued, released and run over again on the same road. Slow death in the gutter. (Sorry for FB link)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/738003054568881/posts/1361743185528195/
#biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis #koalas #cars #careless #roads #SacrificeZone #WildlifeRescue