New South Wales Conservation Council spokesman James Tremain said the destruction of habitats meant animals like the koala would have nothing to eat.
Wildfires in Australia have scalded koalas' habitat to such an extent that even when the flames are finally doused, the animals that survived will suffer a drawn-out death, a spokesperson for the New South Wales Conservation Council has warned.
Already vulnerable because of their dietary reliance on the flammable oil-containing eucalyptus tree, the koala's inability to move quickly has made it fodder for the flames' ferocity,of the 25,000 animals in the New South Wales have perished during the fire season. "Now we have this hammer blow of the wildfires that have basically roasted them in the trees, destroyed their habitat and isolated their populations.
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