Koalas could be EXTINCT in 30 years because of horror bushfires - as 専門家s 非難する Australia for 'sleepwalking to this 大災害'

  • 専門家s 警告する koalas may be extinct by 2050 or even earlier in eastern Australia?
  • As many as 100 種類 are also at 危険 of 絶滅 in the wake of bushfires?
  • Kangaroo Island saw around half its koala 全住民 killed by violent 炎s?

Koalas could be extinct in just 30 years and Australia is to 非難する for 'sleepwalking to this 大災害', an 専門家 says.?

Around a billion animals are thought to have 死なせる/死ぬd in the bushfire 危機 that has 荒廃させるd the nation since October.?

More than half of the koala 全住民 was wiped by 解雇する/砲火/射撃s on South Australia's Kangaroo Island, with 専門家s 警告 the 種類 may be extinct by 2050 - or even earlier.

A koala is seen sitting among burnt trees in Kangaroo Island, South Australia

A koala is seen sitting の中で burnt trees in Kangaroo Island, South Australia

In the wake of the 解雇する/砲火/射撃s,?Professor Christopher Dickman of the University of Sydney said Australia is 'sleepwalking to this 大災害'.

He said there was as many as 100 種類 of 工場/植物s and animals that were at 危険 of 絶滅 but 予定 to 'poor 監視するing' of Australian 野性生物.

'It's going to be some time before we get in to 査定する/(税金などを)課す whether particular 種類 are still there or not, but anywhere from 20 to 100 工場/植物s and animal 種類 that were already 脅すd were in the path of the 解雇する/砲火/射撃s and would be at real 危険,' he told The Daily Telegraph.

Professor Dickman said that while koalas have taken a 大規模な 攻撃する,衝突する, there were large areas 住むing the animals that remain untouched.

'Koalas do have a big 範囲, and even though the 解雇する/砲火/射撃s have covered over 10 million ヘクタールs there's still a very large area of koala habitat that remains unburnt,' he said.?

The World 野性生物 基金 (WWF) have 概算の that by 2050, koalas would be wiped out along eastern Australia, but Dr Stuart Blanch 予報するs the 解雇する/砲火/射撃s have 'brought the 絶滅 timeline 今後'.??

Koala numbers in Queensland and New South むちの跡s have dropped 意味ありげに over three 10年間s.

In 1990 there were 326,400 koalas in these 明言する/公表するs and in 2010 there were just 188,000, によれば the WWF.

An injured koala sits in a laundry basket after it was rescued from fires on Kangaroo Island

An 負傷させるd koala sits in a laundry basket after it was 救助(する)d from 解雇する/砲火/射撃s on Kangaroo Island

A rescued koala is seen at an animal hospital at the RSPCA headquarters in Brisbane

A 救助(する)d koala is seen at an animal hospital at the RSPCA (警察,軍隊などの)本部 in Brisbane

In 2020 there are 恐れるs there are いっそう少なく than 100,000 across Australia, with the loss せいにするd to 森林伐採 and land (疑いを)晴らすing.?

As Australia is still in the 中央 of one of its worst bushfire seasons, Dr Blanch 概算の between a 4半期/4分の1 and half of the koala 全住民 had been killed.

'気候 衝撃s 含むing 干ばつ and bushfires are happening a lot quicker than 推定する/予想するd so it's reasonable to 結論する the 絶滅 危険 will come 井戸/弁護士席 before 2050,' he said.

Speaking 以前 to Daily Mail Australia Professor Dickman said koalas would struggle to 再生する in the wake of their habitats 存在 destroyed.

'Some things probably won't come 支援する,' he said.

'It's nearly half a billion native animals.?You could say functionally extinct in some areas,' Professor Dickman said.

Last week the 連邦の 政府 発表するd they would be committing $50million for 緊急 野性生物 and habitat 回復.?

'This 初期の 投資 of $50 million into the 保護 and 復古/返還 of our 野性生物 and habitat is a 批判的な step in creating a viable 未来 for the animals that have 生き残るd,' Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said.

'As part of the 政府's support $25 million will be 供給するd for an 緊急 介入 基金 to be used on 批判的な 介入s where 要求するd and to help with the 即座の 生き残り of 影響する/感情d animals, 工場/植物s and 生態学の communities and to 支配(する)/統制する pests and 少しのd.

A koala is being treated at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Zoo earlier this month

A koala is 存在 扱う/治療するd at the Kangaroo Island 野性生物 Zoo earlier this month

'A その上の $25 million will be made 利用できる to support 野性生物 救助(する), our zoos, Natural 資源 管理/経営 Groups, Greening Australia and 自然保護 Volunteers Australia with on the ground activities.?

In the wake of the 激しい loss of Australia's 野性生物, several groups across the country have made it their 使節団 to care for 負傷させるd koalas.

The Adelaide Koala 救助(する) cared for more than 100 animals in a hall in?楽園 最初の/主要な School.

The 一時しのぎの物,策 hospital was created to care for koalas that had been 燃やすd in the?Cudlee Creek 炎.

One couple, Paul and Christeen McLeod, are looking after koalas who had been 燃やすd from their own living room, running the Koalas in Care service from their home in Taree.

目的-bred professional field (犯罪,病気などの)発見 dogs are also 存在 used to help find koalas in burnt-out areas.

The dogs 行為/行う 地位,任命する-解雇する/砲火/射撃 koala 調査するs where they search the area finding faeces - which can 示す the presence of koalas nearby.?

Adelaide wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk rescused a koala in a burning forest near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island

Adelaide 野性生物 救助者 Simon Adamczyk rescused a koala in a 燃やすing forest 近づく Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island

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