Australian koalas worst hit by raging bushfires, only 9k remain out of 46k

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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80 per cent of koala habitat wiped out

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. 

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Each day dozens of koalas come for treatment at Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park's makeshift hospital. Koalas arrive re in cat baskets or clinging to volunteers and re are so many of m arriving every day requiring urgent treatment that carers don't have time to name each one of m. One such koala arrived at hospital who was referred to as Number 64. koala arrived re with burns to all four of his paws. koala was sedated so it could be treated by doctors for burns. 

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Animal protection groups from across globe are involved in rescue and recovery process of wildlife in Australia. Animal welfare groups like Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) and Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) are helping towards process and accepting donations on ir official websites. bushfire this season is seemingly unprecedented as an estimated 480 million animals and 1,000 homes have been affected by infer. 

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