Published 13:00 IST, January 27th 2020
Australian army soldiers risk their lives to take care of bushfire-hit koalas
A heartwarming incident has come into the limelight which shows Australian army risking their lives to fight the ravaging bushfires and saving lives of koalas.
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A heartwarming incident has come into light which shows Australian soldiers risking ir lives to fight ravaging bushfires in Australia, and volunteering to help to take care of koalas that have lost ir homes during recent Australia bushfire crisis. It shows Australian army using ir leisure time to take care of koalas ravd in bushfires. orable pictures were uploed to Australian Army Facebook p where soldiers can be seen feeding koalas and make sure that y get eugh nutrients and care.
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Australian army taking care of koalas
pictures show men and women from South Australian and Tasmanian 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force caring for some of animals affected when y visited Cleland Wildlife Park in South Australia. Australia has been gripped by ravaging bushfire since September last year and dam has been so dreful that it is being dubbed as worst in recorded history. Properties, people and wildlife are worst sufferers in ongoing bushfire down under. In a recent piece of news coming in from Australia, an estimated 37,000 koalas have been killed in wildfires so far. According to Steven Selwood of South Australia Veterinary Emergency Manment, re are only 9,000 koalas that remain out of 46,000 that were thought to be on island before this year's bushfire.
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Koalas to be listed as endangered
Australian Environment Minister Sussan Ley h earlier suggested that koalas be listed as endangered species after ir population took an eye-opening hit by ongoing bushfires in country. Some experts estimate that 80 per cent of koala habitat on Kangaroo Island has been wiped out after island was ravd by fire. Koalas were alrey listed as vulnerable before fires started and w Sussan Ley's suggestion to list m as endangered is being welcomed by conservationists and environmentalists. Wildlife experts from Australia could soon list Koalas as endangered species after ir population reduced considerably due to ongoing bushfires. unprecedented crisis has alrey killed over a billion animals and destroyed hectares of ir habitat majorly in sourn part of country.
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13:00 IST, January 27th 2020