Trained dogs doing things impossible for human alone, save 7 koalas from bushfires

Australia is in grips of dely wildfires that have engulfed country since September last year. For first time in five months, Australia has turned into offence from  defence as people in country are launching search and rescue operations to save wildlife. In latest effort by a small canine team of just two dogs, seven koalas were found in a burnt-out forest at Maryvale on Queensland's South Downs. Using ir keen sense of smell to sniff out koala excrement, two dogs are doing things that are impossible for humans alone. 

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Dogs saving koalas

On day one of ir searches, team found a mor and her infant in area while y were carrying out a survey of koala numbers. According to international media reports, infant was out of her mor's pouch and is w independent. Both koalas were on same tree moving around and ir health seemed okay as well. team found ar ult male and ult female koala while moving forward and re were signs of koala life all around. According to reports, team covered more than 10 km of forest and said that some parts of area were still burning even after two months since it was ravd by fire.

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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 Kangaroo Island before this season's bushfire. Some experts estimate that around 80 percent of Koala habitat has been wiped out since dely fire started down under. Koalas are alrey listed as vulnerable but conservationists and environmentalists believe that y should be w categorised as endangered.

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Bushfires in Australia continue to rip through large areas of country. So far, infer has killed at least 27 people across state. bushfire this season is seemingly unprecedented as it is being termed as worst summer in history of nation. Australia has been under crisis since September 2019 where an estimated billion animals and more than 2,000 homes have been affected by trdy. 

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