Fundraisers skyrocket to help koalas dying in Australia

The fate of koalas has been called into question as deadly flames burn up their habitat in the land down under.  The chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation estimated that more than 1,000 koalas have been killed and nearly 80% of their habitat has been destroyed by the record-breaking fires and drought.

The recent brushfires, fueled by prolonged drought combined with deforestation, have caused an already threatened koala population to continue declining.

"Their main diet is eucalyptus, but when we have catastrophic conditions -- what's left is so dry they are not getting the full nutrients," director of Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation, Al Mucci, told ABC News. "So most of these wild koalas are struggling."



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