At work, Morgan Philpott cares for sick children. In his off-hours, the Australian pediatric nurse turns his attention to this defenceless group 👇 reut.rs/2FKrrNi 1/5 
Australia’s koalas face a bleak future. Some of the many destructive forces that continue to threaten their survival:
🔥 Blazing bushfires
💧 Drought
🪓 Forest logging
🌆 Urban encroachment into their habitats 2/5
🔥 Blazing bushfires
💧 Drought
🪓 Forest logging
🌆 Urban encroachment into their habitats 2/5
‘Future fires could spell the end of them,’ said Philpott.
The country's worst summer of bushfires in a generation razed more than 27.7 million acres, nearly half the area of the UK 3/5
The country's worst summer of bushfires in a generation razed more than 27.7 million acres, nearly half the area of the UK 3/5
🐨 New state laws have sought to limit the ability of farmers to clear land deemed important for koala habitat, setting off a political brawl between urban conservationists and people in the bush who wanted to manage their own property 4/5
‘There needs to be a balance to ensure that these species survive,’ said a volunteer as she fed a mother and twin joeys eucalyptus leaves inside a rehabilitation enclosure next to her home reut.rs/2FKrrNi 5/5
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