MELBOURNE, Dec 25 — Wildlife carers in Australia are ready to work around the clock over Christmas, preparing for more admissions particularly for baby animals stressed by hot weather, bushfires and drought. Conditions have cooled over the past few days, after devastating bushfires that have...
Wednesday, 25 Dec 2019 06:59 AM MYT
Conditions have cooled over the past few days, after devastating bushfires that have burnt more than four million hectares of land across five states since September. Nine people have died during the bushfire emergency.At Port Macquarie's Koala Hospital, carers will be looking after 72 koalas on Christmas Day that were brought in after bushfires raised up to three quarters of their habitat, Clinical Director Cheyne Flanagan told Reuters.
With the extra funds it will provide more drinking stations, a water carrying vehicle to replenish the drinking stations, and establish a wild koala breeding programme. “We do work like an emergency hospital. We do notice a change when it’s really hot. We do have animals come in that are heat affected, or with animals coming in with burned feet from hot roads,” she said.
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