On 11th February 2022, the Australian government declared the koala an ‘endangered’ species. The ‘endangered’ status is one of the highest levels of mortality for a species, and is just below critically endangered and extinct. Earlier, the koala had been recognised as a ‘vulnerable’ species. The decline in its numbers is due to land clearing and bushfires, which have been shrinking the koalas’ habitat. | The Hindu

Koalas are now functionally extinct and at this rate, they'll be gone in our lifetime... 😥 | UNILAD Adventure

KOALA RESCUE Inc received a call from a most concerned member of the public, who reported that they had found a koala on the ground at the base of a tree. However, there was also a second koala involved. On arrival the rescuer located both a deceased adult female koala and a second adult male koala. It is always devastating to attend a rescue involving a deceased koala, but it was even more heartbreaking to witness the male koala actually holding and hugging the deceased koala. This type of beha