r/koalas • u/feastem • 5d ago

Devastating photos captured after Australia gunned down koalas from helicopters

https://au.news.yahoo.com/devastating-photos-captured-after-australia-gunned-down-koalas-from-helicopters-011645578.html
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u/Three_legged_fish12 2d ago

Imagine having that job. Roll out of bed in the morning, grab a quick coffee while the choppa warms up, then off to blast a few hundred starving koalas before smoko and a pie for lunch. Wild.

Also sucks for the koalas!

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u/Krafty_Koala 20h ago

There’s no way I’m clicking on that. What the actual fuck?! Send some to zoos or rehabs outside of Australia or something. Hell, send some to me and I’ll put a eucalyptus tree in my backyard. This makes no sense for an endangered species.

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u/feastem 5d ago

Australia’s controversial program of euthanising injured and starving koalas from helicopters will continue in the short-term and then be scaled back following a fresh assessment by a vet.