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KOALA CAMPAIGNERS - SAVETHEKOALA.COM and SIGN THE PETITION!

2/17/2011

UPDATED PETITION AS OF NOVEMBER 8 2013

You will want to read this on https://www.savethekoala.com

Koalas are thick, furry marsupials (have young in a pouch like a kangaroo) averaging 9 kg (20 lbs) who spend most of their time in trees. "Koala" came from the Aboriginal word meaning "no drink" which perfectly fits this little guy since most of his hydration comes from Eucalyptus leaves. Koalas only drink water when they're ill or during droughts when leaves don't have enough moisture.

SAVETHEKOALA.COM (below) has great information about what's going on with the koalas and their habitat and ways to get involved to really make a difference. Take a browse if only to learn a little more about these amazing creatures! But before you go, please scroll down to sign the petition asking for help with the current disease devastating the koala population.

FROM THEKOALA.COM:
Disease is part of the natural history of the koala. There are 4 common koala diseases caused by the chlamydia organism: conjunctivitis which can cause blindness, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and reproductive tract infections, which can cause female infertility. The symptoms of chlamydia manifest as sore eyes, chest infections, and "wet bottom" or "dirty tail". Different strains of chlamydia bacteria are thought to cause these diseases. In 1995, scientists isolated two strains called chlamydia pecorum and chlamydia pneumoniae.

CLICK TO SIGN PETITION from The Animal Rescue Site

FROM THEKOALA.COM:
Scientists now believe that the chlamydia organism has been occuring amongst koala populations for many years, and has acted as a natural population control in times of stress. The organism is harmless in populations with unlimited resources, but manifests in times of stress, such as happens when habitat is reduced. The weaker animals succumb to the disease, become sick, infertile or die, leaving the genetically stronger animals to continue breeding. In disease-free populations which have been moved to areas where they were not native or where there is not enough habitat to support them (such as on some islands off Victoria and Kangaroo Island in South Australia), problems with overpopulation have arisen because of this unnatural situation. However, this is not the case in most mainland populations, and indeed many of the mainland colonies are in decline. Koalas also suffer from a range of cancers like leukemia and skin cancers.

7 Comments

jasmine dickerson

10/16/2011 19:54:20

i would like to help save the beautiful little koala

normal being

3/15/2012 14:01:17

imformation on no. of trees planted in carbon add, if done your way we would plant more than 4 times thicker than plantation trees are planted,? far too thick so please get the facts right.

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6/29/2012 17:09:11

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8/1/2012 18:27:57

i LOVE these animals

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8/8/2012 15:39:44

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Lorraine Cobcroft

11/8/2013 03:40:45

Hi
Great article. Thanks! I'm also deeply concerned about the threat presented by irresponsible developers who are allowed to convert key koala habitat into concrete jungles.

I am a member of a group of concerned residents of Black Rocks, Pottsville, who have joined together to lobby Tweed Shire Council to reject a development proposal that presents a serious threat to our local wildlife, particularly the koala population.

Tweed Council is quietly pushing through approval of a proposal to convert a low-key sports ground at Black Rocks to a high night use facility with football towers and 48000 watt lighting. The site is right in the middle of a major koala habitat and key koala, osprey and curlew breeding ground. 31 of the 144 koalas remaining on the Tweed Coast live in this area.

Recently, hoon activity and drag racing and wild night parties on the sports ground, with accompanying vandalism and littering, led to resident complaints, and council locked the gates to the road into the facility. If they approve this application, they will open the gates. There is concern that a liquor license will be granted to sporting clubs using the grounds. There is even a proposal to expand the facility to a 25 ha high use recreation facility catering to motor cross, go kart racing, paint ball, golf, shooting, etc. And then to cut a road through the middle of the koala habitat to a planned adjoining housing estate and connect to the highway.

The koalas are resident in trees immediately adjacent to the sports field and regularly cross the entry road. Echidnas also amble around the road in that area. We photographed 8 koalas yesterday in the trees along the roadside, and we found several couples mating there.

Council has not invited public comment and has managed to secure an environmental impact report that says there is no threat to the koala population (what rubbish!) and the development can be appropriately managed. But their own development laws say development in and around koala habitats must be ‘’appropriate’’ (this clearly isn’t!) and that sports fields should be centrally located and close to schools (this one is many kms away). Pottsville already has adequate sporting facilities – in fact existing fields are under-used. We don’t want more.

Local residents are furious that they were deceived into buying land at premium prices to live close to beautiful unspoiled bushland that is alive with native fauna, and were promised it would stay that way. Locals don’t want these sporting fields at all. We’d like to see the land converted back to protected habitat.

I have started a Change.org petition at http://t.co/ocLsi0Edxg to urge Council to act responsibly and reject the application. It would be great if your members could lend their support by ‘’signing’’ it, and forwarding the link to friends and associates who might share their concern for our furry friends.

Emails or letters to councillors will also help the cause.

Developments like this set dangerous precedents, and stopping this one will assist in ensuring that other similarly irresponsible proposals are rejected and our wildlife is protected. We have undertakings from journalists at five local newspapers to support us with publicity, starting next week.

The proposal gets the final Council tick or cross on November 21. After that, the only recourse is to the Land and Environment Court – an expensive and difficult road to take, but one we may have to pursue if we don’t get adequate support now.

Please readers of this blog help? Go to http://t.co/ocLsi0Edxg

Many thanks.

Betsy link

11/8/2013 03:53:42

Hi Lorraine,
I added a link to your petition on Change.org at the top of this posting. If you would like to post an article in a new blog, let me know.

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.

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UPDATED PETITION AS OF NOVEMBER 8 2013

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