🇦🇺 - AUSTRALIA

Australia Declares Koalas ENDANGERED

Australia’s environment minister Sussan Ley has classified the koalas of New South Wales, Queensland, and the ACT as an endangered species due to bushfires, disease and urbanization.

Australia has lost about 30% of its koala population in just the last three years, with NSW’s figures the worst at 41%, with over 60,000 koalas killed or injured in the late 2019/early 2020 bushfires alone.

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