Plush Koalas taped across NYC to raise funds for Australia Bushfire crisis

Koalas of NYC, a fundraising campaign to save wildlife in Australia has collected over $3,000. As a part of campaign plush koalas, were hung on trees, telephone poles and or structures across New York City on Friday. Along with stuffed koalas, re are tags which re, “1 billion of world’s unique animals population has died in Australian bushfires.”  signposts also have a scannable code for people who wish to make donations. 

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idea to place toys and urge people to help wildlife first came from big apple outpost of Australian ncy 'Cummins&Partners'. Dianne Villvieja, who is ncy’s operation manr said that ir team in US were absolutely devastated and wanted to help in some way which les to idea. A fundraising p was also set up by ncy which said that donations will go to NSW Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service.

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Meanwhile, thousands of people have signed a petition for koalas to be introduced to New Zealand to escape Australia's devastating bush fires, but proposal has been given thumbs down by officials. A group calling itself Koala Relocation Society said koalas were "functionally extinct in Australia" but could thrive in New Zealand which has nearly 30,000 hectares of land planted in eucalypts.