After numbering millions in Australia in the seventeenth century, koala presence has declined to only about half a million due to road accidents and other causes, leading to calls for the Australian government to officially list the east coast koala in 2022. Was done. Endangered species.
According to Agence France-Presse, scientists say Australia has the highest recorded rate of mammalian extinction in the world, and nearly a hundred unique species of plants and animals have been lost in the country since the beginning of the last century. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announced that her country had become the “global capital of mammal extinction”.
These animals face other threats, including some diseases that have decimated entire populations, and a medical team has been working on a project to provide an anti-vaccine for ten years. The team within vaccinated approximately 165 koalas and monitored their condition, and concluded that the at-risk mortality rate was reduced by 64%.