Sue Ashton, the Port Macquarie Koala hospital's president, said wildlife volunteers would join firefighters in the area to assess the scale of loss and begin a rescue operation for the surviving koalas. Veuillez noter que Radio-Canada ne cautionne pas les opinions exprimées. "What happens to a koala in a fire is that they climb up to the top of the tree and they curl up into a little ball. En Australie, 2000 koalas seraient morts dans les incendies Les animaux survivants sont également en danger de mort après la destruction de leur habitat. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3Australia wildfire keeps raging, how are the koalas now? The koala, one of Australia's native animals, is currently listed as " vulnerable " by the country's Environment Ministry. (L-R) Sheila Bailey, Judy Brady and Clinical Director Cheyne Flanagan tend to a koala named Paul from Lake Innes Nature Reserve as he recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019. Volunteers from the Koala Hospital have been working alongside National Parks and Wildlife Service crews searching for koalas, following weeks of devastating bushfires across New South Wales and Queensland. "That is our concern, not only that they are burnt, but that they are now dehydrated," Ashton said. But the fate of hundreds more remains uncertain with blazes still raging in their habitat.The juvenile marsupial, weighing just five kilograms (11 pounds), is now doing "really well", Ashton said. Her fears are that "hundreds" in the known koala breeding area "have perished in the fire". … The death toll from devastating bushfires in eastern Australia has risen to four. Le koala terriblement blessé et brûlé des suites d’un feu de forêt en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, en Australie, est mort. "He was picked up off the ground and curled up in a little ball, basically not moving," Sue Ashton, the hospital's president, told AFP. The gallery above shows the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia. A koala named Frizzle from Taree is treated for burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australiaon, November 29, 2019. Female koala Anwen recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019 A koala named Frizzle from Taree is treated for burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019.Sheila Bailey treats a koala named Kate from Bellangry State Forest for burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019 .
Une nouvelle bien triste. Female koala Anwen recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019 A koala named Frizzle from Taree is treated for burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019.The gallery above shows the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia. As the days go by, a lack of water is further hampering their chances of survival.
A koala named Rose from Thrumster recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019 . (L-R) Sheila Bailey, Judy Brady and Clinical Director Cheyne Flanagan tend to a koala named Paul from Lake Innes Nature Reserve as he recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019. Not only animals are threatened. Sheila Bailey tends to an injured koala at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2010.A koala named Kate from Bellangry State Forest is treated for burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019 A koala named "Corduroy Paul" was found dehydrated amid the devastation some 400 kilometers north of Sydney. "And now this. A koala named Paul from Lake Innes Nature Reserve being treated for burns at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019 A koala named Sharni from Crowdy Bay National Park is treated for burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019.A koala named Pete from Pappinbarra at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019.A koala named Lisa from Pappinbarra recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019.
A koala named Sharni from Crowdy Bay National Park is treated at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia, November 29, 2019.
Des vidéos de koalas déshydratés et sauvés des incendies sont par ailleurs devenues virales sur les réseaux sociaux au cours des derniers jours.
Female koala Anwen is being treated for dehydration.
Un koala reçoit de l'eau de la part d'une cycliste, vendredi, en pleine vague de chaleur à Adelaide Hills, en Australie.Les feux de forêt au nord de Sydney auraient tué des milliers de koalas, ce qui aggrave le statut vulnérable de cette espèce emblématique en Australie au moment où les températures continuaient de grimper, samedi, sur la côte est du pays.La province de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, dans le Sud-Est australien, abritait jusqu’à 28 000 koalas, mais ces derniers mois, les incendies ont décimé leur population. Incendies en Australie: les koalas plus menacés que jamais.