Australia could declare koalas as extinct species amid bushfire crisis

Wildlife experts from Australia could soon list Koalas as endangered species after ir population reduced considerably due to ongoing bushfires. unprecedented crisis has already killed over a billion animals and destroyed hectares of ir habitat majorly in sourn part of country.

Vulnerable before bushfires

Koalas were already enlisted as vulnerable before fires started  and later suffered an extraordinary hit after bushfire annihilated almost 30 per cent of ir entire habitat on continent. A panel was also created to formulate a recovery plan for marsupials. Sussan Ley, Australian Environment Minister, on Monday said that everything that can be done to rescue koalas and recover ir habitats including invative approaches that look at possibility of putting animal in areas it hadn’t come from. 

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Meanwhile, Australian Federal government has given $25 million to frontline environmental groups and equal amount to an emergency intervention fund. environmental groups have accepted money but said that much more would be needed for recovery. Australian Conservation Foundation James Trezise said that vulnerable species should be safeguarded for future. He added that it would mean protecting ir critical habitats, long term funding for recovery action and stronger national environmental laws.

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A few days ago, a koala suffering from South Australia's extreme temperatures reportedly stopped a group of cyclists in ir tracks to drink water from a water bottle. According to international media reports, Anna Heusler and a group of cyclists were riding towards Adelaide on December 27 when y spotted koala sitting in middle of road after which y stopped to help animal back into nearby bushland. While speaking to an international media outlet, Heusler said that she stopped bike and koala walked right up to her after which group gave him water. fire in Adelaide Hills has reportedly burned 25,000 hectares of land, leaving koalas scavenging for food, home and water. According to a recent inquiry conducted in New South Wales, it has also been found that more than 2,000 of native Australian koalas may have died on state's rth coast in intense bushfires.