A new reported has indicated almost three quarters of the koala population across New South Wales perished during last season's bushfires.
A new reported has indicated almost three quarters of the koala population across New South Wales perished during last season's bushfires.
The World Wide Fund for Nature Australia have announced a 71 per cent reduction in numbers across bushfire ravaged regions with a reserve near Taree seeing an 87 per cent decline. Koalas have now been reclassified as an endangered species. Image: News Corp Australia
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