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Bringing Blue Mountains Koalas Back From the Black Summer Fires

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🇦🇺 Australia

As Australia's 2019-20 megafires closed in, this research charity raced to rescue a genetically vital koala colony, then tracked and rebuilt the burned bushland they depend on.

13koalasKoalas evacuated ahead of the fire front and later released back to the wild
90camera trapsCamera traps deployed to monitor post-megafire wildlife recovery across the Greater Blue Mountains
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