Australia: Experts fears over 2,000 koalas died in bushfires

An inquiry was conducted in New South Wales, Australia to study population of Koala and it has been found that more than 2000 of native Australian koalas may have died on state's rth coast in intense bushfires. upper house inquiry of state's parliament will conduct an urgent hearing on December 9 to discuss widespre dam of koala population from bushfires. Thousands of hectares of koala habitat across rrn NSW and souast Queensland have been ravd in recent bushfires. Koalas have been identified as endangered species in Queensland, NSW and it is largely due to habitat clearing.

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Evidence to be provided on Monday

President and Ecologist Dailan Pugh, of rth East Forest Alliance, is set to provide evidence on Monday that more than 2000 koalas have died so far and up to one-third of koala habitat on rth coast of state may have fleed due to rapid bushfires. Sue Ashton, president of Port Macquarie Koala Hospital expected that around 350 koalas would have died in a bushfire in Crestwood situated on state's mid-rth coast. It is based on a predicted 60 per cent mortality rate.

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Loss of Koalas is a matter of concern

Greens MP Cate Faehrmann said loss of koalas at an alarming rate is a matter of concern. He said that y will be hearing from some of leing experts on koalas, bushfire and climate change. Experts believe that koalas have become a functionally extinct species due to devastating bushfires that have ravd Eastern parts of Australia over last few weeks. bushfires have t only caused deaths of hundreds of wild animal, but it has also effectively destroyed around 80 per cent of ir natural habitat. Firefighters have tried ir best to rescue wildlife, and many pictures of injured koalas h gone viral on internet.

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