Months After Australian Bushfires, Koalas Being Released

Months after the devastating bushfires that ravaged the lands of Australia, koalas can now and are slowly being released back into the wild. In the state of New South Wales, four adult koalas and a baby koala (called a joe) have been released in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park.

They're the first of 12 koalas rescued from the Blue Mountains area during the bushfires, which have been sheltering at Sydney's Taronga Zoo since January.
The four (well, five) lucky koalas have been returned to the wild by Sydney-based not-for-profit wildlife conservation organisation Science for Wildlife, with the help of San Diego Zoo Global, the U.S. zoo's nonprofit that works with partners on international conservation projects.

It is said that in the bushfires as well as in the drought, around 10,000 koala lives — a third of the koala population in the aforementioned state — have been taken away.

"While they have coped well in care we are delighted to finally send our koalas home," said Dr. Kellie Leigh, executive director of Science for Wildlife in a press statement.

Glad to hear that the koalas can finally go back to their homes safe and sound.

(Image Credit: Mashable)


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