Koalas are losing their homes and their lives
There's no other creature like the koala in the world. But this Aussie icon is facing extinction, right under our noses. Koalas are losing their homes at an alarming rate and these unique Australians are out on a limb, with nowhere to go. They desperately need our help.
Because when you're completely dependent on trees - for shelter and food - chainsaws and bulldozers spell a death sentence. Those koalas that don't die when trees are felled are forced on to the ground, where they face dog attacks, vehicle accidents, starvation and stress-induced disease.
Throughout eastern NSW, koalas are casualties of some of the highest tree-clearing rates in the world. Populations have declined by a staggering 42% in the past 20 years and the koala is at serious risk of becoming extinct in both NSW and Queensland.
With your help today we can arrest this decline. WWF-Australia works with wildlife carers to tend sick and injured koalas, and we're helping to restore critical koala habitat by replanting and connecting tree corridors. Perhaps most important of all, we're campaigning for stronger tree protection laws to save what precious forest and woodland remains.
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