The Australian government has declared koalas an endangered species
Photo: ImagePatch/Getty Images The last few years have taken a harsh toll on koalas. In 2019, koala populations were devastated by rampant Australian bushfires, which destroyed roughly 80 percent of their natural habitat and killed, injured, or otherwise affected over 60,000 koalas. The devastation was so prolific, the species was classified as “functionally extinct.” In 2020, the WWF nominated koalas as an endangered species and emphasized that it wasn’t too late to conserve their populations.
Sadly, on Friday, the Australian government declared koalas an endangered species across three states: New South Wales, Queensland, and the Australian Capital Territory. . Many Australian welfare groups remain skeptical of the government’s current koala-protection efforts, arguing that it’s neglected to address many of the pressing threats to koala habitats, namely deforestation and land clearing. While the government “may be offering our koalas a nice new world,” Tabart says, “behind all the photo opportunities and political rhetoric, they continue to approve the destruction of the koala habitat.
To which I say: Please save these fluffy and cute land gremlins from extinction! They deserve more. Exactly how many koalas remain is unclear because they sleep 20 hours a day and don’t move much and so are notoriously difficult to count.
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