Koalas

Koalas

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Thanksgiving Turkeys, Loneliness, Koala Tracker Dogs

Episode: Thanksgiving Turkeys, Loneliness, Koala Tracker Dogs

  • Nov 25, 2020 9:00 pm
  • 16:08 mins

Guest: Romane Cristescu, Ecologist, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Founding Member of Detection Dogs for Conservation, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia Millions of koalas used to live in Australia—now there are only tens of thousands. And then the devastating bushfires hit at the beginning of the year and killed an estimated 5,000. Today, koalas are struggling to adapt with much of their habitat destroyed. The Detection Dogs for Conservation project at the University of Sunshine Coast in Australia, uses rescue dogs to track down koalas.