SYDNEY - At least half of Australia's only disease-free koala population, a key"insurance" for the species' future, is feared dead, with more badly hurt after bush fires swept through an island sanctuary, rescuers said on Sunday .
Conditions have been particularly severe in recent days, with an ongoing blaze on Kangaroo Island spreading rapidly and razing 170,000ha - one-third of the island - on Friday. A University of Adelaide study published in July found that the Kangaroo Island koala species is particularly important to the survival of the wider population, as it is the only large group free from chlamydia.
She said massive bush fires in New South Wales and Victoria's Gippsland region, home to major koala populations, is also expected to have killed many animals.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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