Koala rescue – Team deployed to save animals from horrors of Australia bushfires

Koala rescue - Team deployed to save animals from horrors of Australia bushfires
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A disaster response team has been deployed to Kangaroo Island in South Australia to begin a search and rescue mission for thousands of koalas and other animals caught in bushfires.

The team formed by the animal charity Humane Society International are there to rescue wildlife suffering from burns, injuries, smoke inhalation and other trauma. 
They will also build water and food stations to sustain the uninjured animals who managed to survive.

But according to Humane Society International senior specialist in disaster response, Kelly Donithan, conditions on the ground are extremely harrowing:

“These are some of the toughest scenes I’ve ever witnessed as an animal rescuer. The bodies of charred animals as far as the eye can see,”

“However, as we set out each day on search and rescue, we’re still finding animals alive, injured, dazed or traumatized, and it’s such a relief to be able to give them immediate life-saving assistance.”

“We’ve seen kangaroos with devastating burn injuries and dehydrated koalas gasping for water. Amidst all this death, every time we find an animal alive it feels like a miracle.”

Koalas may now be designated an endangered species as so many have been killed.

Read more:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10725263/australia-fires-koalas-classified-endangered/

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44 Comments

  1. all people keep talking about are koalas, most people pretend like they care and are empathetic, they dont, they are childish and just care about seeing fluffy animals . Its like the people who hate other people but think dogs are earth shatteringly amazing.

  2. Como me encantaría que halla un avión y lleve a los animales a otro país donde cumplan con sus nesecidades en vez de llevarlos a un refugio que después no habrá lugar

  3. Merci seigneur grâce au maître de l'univere il y a des gents qui aime les animaux merci seigneur du courage a tout ceux qui aides les animaux amin Al hamdoulillah????

  4. Bless you all for your efforts and dedication on saving wildlife from the fire devastation, you are angels to all those animals in need, THANK YOU !!

  5. Those who suffer the most from climate change cause the least to it. In solidarity with Australia. Salute these brave rescuers. Anthropocentric thinking must stop.

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