Thank you all for your feedback about my last Diary and I am looking forward to hearing from you more as I try and articulate some of the issues that face the Koala, which sadly seems worse than ever. It is clear you share my concerns when I read your responses. Our governments are struggling with competing pressures, and the environment seems to be secondary in their mind; even though it is our lifeblood.
As I watch the fires in Europe, the heat in Europe, the suffering causes by earthquakes etc – one wonders how our political leaders are coping and whether they are sitting in some nice air-conditioned building, looking at things from afar. One of the things I love about my job is that I am out and about and believe I understand the complexities of what is happening in Australia. And I am proud to say that I listen to trusted sources in the media, so I am sure that fake news does not interfere with my thinking.
Many years ago, I read this quote “the politicians of the future will have to govern in unfamiliar territory
” by Lester Brown and I do think this is now happening world-wide. Not to mention war.
Next week, one of our team will be meeting other Koala people to discuss the inadequacy of data bases maintained by governments.
When the fires raged in 2019 at Little Oakey, our property near Toowoomba – we understand that at least six Koalas were taken into care and no-one seems to know whether they were ever returned. If our government cannot answer this question, then it clear that there is not enough attention to detail about the number of Koalas that are coming into care and are joining others that are sick, injured, have disease or have been lost to time.
You might be interested to know that for every 100 Koalas that go into hospital, only 30 maximum are returned to the wild. Probably fewer than that given some of their injuries. That is a recipe for extinction. What is the solution? No Tree No Me – do not cut the trees down and we would not need hospitals in the first place.
Sincerely,
Deborah
