(CNN)Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas over the past three years, with the marsupials hit by drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees, the Australian Koala Foundation said on Tuesday.

The independent non-profit group estimated the koala population has dropped to less than 58,000 this year from more than 80,000 in 2018, with the worst decline in the state of New South Wales, where the numbers have dropped by 41%.

“The declines are quite dramatic,” Australian Koala Foundation Chair Deborah Tabart said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/21/australia/koalas-reduce-one-third-intl-hnk/index.html

dv said:

(CNN)Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas over the past three years, with the marsupials hit by drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees, the Australian Koala Foundation said on Tuesday.

The independent non-profit group estimated the koala population has dropped to less than 58,000 this year from more than 80,000 in 2018, with the worst decline in the state of New South Wales, where the numbers have dropped by 41%.

“The declines are quite dramatic,” Australian Koala Foundation Chair Deborah Tabart said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/21/australia/koalas-reduce-one-third-intl-hnk/index.html

Thank goodness the chlamidia hasn’t killed all the koalas.

Of course this also means that; A whole heap more trees than koalas has gone missing.

And yet here in Victoria we’ve had to capture and sterilize because of a population explosion, not all that long ago.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-10-28/koala-population-explosion-around-portland,-habitat-under-threat/6891128