Koalas bulldozed on Victorian property

[Black Orchid]

Authorities are investigating after photos emerged allegedly showing dead and dying koalas in a barren field on a Victorian property that has been logged.

Registered nurse Helen Oakley told Yahoo News Australia she spotted 60 displaced koalas on a property near Cape Bridgewater, and counted more than a dozen dead.

Ms Oakley said she has only managed to survey a small portion of the property, so she and a small team are spending their days walking up and down the rows of felled trees.

“You can smell them, it’s smells like death,” she said.

“The whole block has been flattened.

“The surviving koalas are being brought down from trees and the vets are checking them for hydration and malnutrition as they’re all covered in ticks.

“A lot of them have been euthanised.”

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A small team of carers and two vets were sent out to help manage the situation on Friday, but Ms Bruckner believes the scale of the situation is more than they can manage.


'It smells like death': Koalas bulldozed on Victorian property

Registered nurse Helen Oakley told Yahoo News Australia she spotted 60 displaced koalas on a property near Cape Bridgewater, and counted more than a dozen dead.

Ms Oakley said she has only managed to survey a small portion of the property, so she and a small team are spending their days walking up and down the rows of felled trees.

“You can smell them, it’s smells like death,” she said.

“The whole block has been flattened.

“The surviving koalas are being brought down from trees and the vets are checking them for hydration and malnutrition as they’re all covered in ticks.

“A lot of them have been euthanised.”

Ms Oakley first spotted displaced koalas from the road on Wednesday morning.

Portland resident Janet Bruckner said she joined Ms Oakley at the property and the Victorian department of environment (DELWP) was then contacted.

A DELWP spokesperson confirmed to Yahoo News Australia this morning that they are investigating.

‘They’ve realised the scale of it’. A small team of carers and two vets were sent out to help manage the situation on Friday, but Ms Bruckner believes the scale of the situation is more than they can manage.

She describes the situation as being “very confronting” and that a small exhausted team is working without regular breaks to provide treatment.

Ms Bruckner said she cannot understand how the Victorian government allowed this to happen and hopes increased public attention will lead to action.

“I think they’ve realised the scale of it,” she told Yahoo News Australia.

“It’s got to a situation now where you just can’t have this sort of thing happening.

“It’s right on a busy tourist road. It should never have happened in the first place.”

A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they regularly treat koalas with horrific injuries hurt during logging in the Gippsland region, but the scale of this operation is greater.

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DELWP spokesperson issued a statement to Yahoo News Australia outlining their response.

“We are extremely concerned about these reports of a koala population on private land near Cape Bridgewater where animals are showing signs of starvation and injury,” the spokesperson said.


”The Conservation Regulator is currently investigating this matter, with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).

”If this is found to be due to deliberate human action, we expect the Conservator Regular to act swiftly against those responsible.

”Wildlife welfare assessment and triage will continue with qualified carers and vets. DELWP will be onsite ensuring resources and expertise is available to continue to care for wildlife injured.

More at ... https://au.news.yahoo.com/it-smells-lik ... 5742.html

Disgusting state of affairs that they tried to cover it up. These animals are protected and I sincerely hope that ALL involved, the owners of the properties and the loggers, are jailed for a considerable time and not just slapped on the wrist with a paltry fine.

[brian ross]

Under a Federal Liberal Government? Really, Black Orchid...

[The Reboot]

Authorities are investigating after photos emerged allegedly showing dead and dying koalas in a barren field on a Victorian property that has been logged.

Registered nurse Helen Oakley told Yahoo News Australia she spotted 60 displaced koalas on a property near Cape Bridgewater, and counted more than a dozen dead.

Ms Oakley said she has only managed to survey a small portion of the property, so she and a small team are spending their days walking up and down the rows of felled trees.

“You can smell them, it’s smells like death,” she said.

“The whole block has been flattened.

“The surviving koalas are being brought down from trees and the vets are checking them for hydration and malnutrition as they’re all covered in ticks.

“A lot of them have been euthanised.”

>snip<

A small team of carers and two vets were sent out to help manage the situation on Friday, but Ms Bruckner believes the scale of the situation is more than they can manage.


'It smells like death': Koalas bulldozed on Victorian property

Registered nurse Helen Oakley told Yahoo News Australia she spotted 60 displaced koalas on a property near Cape Bridgewater, and counted more than a dozen dead.

Ms Oakley said she has only managed to survey a small portion of the property, so she and a small team are spending their days walking up and down the rows of felled trees.

“You can smell them, it’s smells like death,” she said.

“The whole block has been flattened.

“The surviving koalas are being brought down from trees and the vets are checking them for hydration and malnutrition as they’re all covered in ticks.

“A lot of them have been euthanised.”

Ms Oakley first spotted displaced koalas from the road on Wednesday morning.

Portland resident Janet Bruckner said she joined Ms Oakley at the property and the Victorian department of environment (DELWP) was then contacted.

A DELWP spokesperson confirmed to Yahoo News Australia this morning that they are investigating.

‘They’ve realised the scale of it’. A small team of carers and two vets were sent out to help manage the situation on Friday, but Ms Bruckner believes the scale of the situation is more than they can manage.

She describes the situation as being “very confronting” and that a small exhausted team is working without regular breaks to provide treatment.

Ms Bruckner said she cannot understand how the Victorian government allowed this to happen and hopes increased public attention will lead to action.

“I think they’ve realised the scale of it,” she told Yahoo News Australia.

“It’s got to a situation now where you just can’t have this sort of thing happening.

“It’s right on a busy tourist road. It should never have happened in the first place.”

A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they regularly treat koalas with horrific injuries hurt during logging in the Gippsland region, but the scale of this operation is greater.

>snip<

DELWP spokesperson issued a statement to Yahoo News Australia outlining their response.

“We are extremely concerned about these reports of a koala population on private land near Cape Bridgewater where animals are showing signs of starvation and injury,” the spokesperson said.


”The Conservation Regulator is currently investigating this matter, with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).

”If this is found to be due to deliberate human action, we expect the Conservator Regular to act swiftly against those responsible.

”Wildlife welfare assessment and triage will continue with qualified carers and vets. DELWP will be onsite ensuring resources and expertise is available to continue to care for wildlife injured.

More at ... https://au.news.yahoo.com/it-smells-lik ... 5742.html

Disgusting state of affairs that they tried to cover it up. These animals are protected and I sincerely hope that ALL involved, the owners of the properties and the loggers, are jailed for a considerable time and not just slapped on the wrist with a paltry fine.

Doubtful. The dregs of humanity are always treated more kindly than our innocent wildlife.

[cods]

Under a Federal Liberal Government? Really, Black Orchid...

isnt land clearing a State Govt dept???.....

this situation is so un Australian it makes me ill reading it.....how on earth can something like this happen
in the middle of a FIRE STORM that has been going for months....

this is worse than anyone deliberately lighting a fire....its just appalling...

[Black Orchid]

Under a Federal Liberal Government? Really, Black Orchid...

isnt land clearing a State Govt dept???.....

this situation is so un Australian it makes me ill reading it.....how on earth can something like this happen
in the middle of a FIRE STORM that has been going for months....

this is worse than anyone deliberately lighting a fire....its just appalling...

Yes it is appalling. Horrific! Heart breaking!

And you are correct that land clearing is under the State Government umbrella which is LABOR!!

It's a shame Brian has no empathetic comment to make. Just a false claim.

[cods]

yes I noticed he didnt drop a tear for those beautiful animals

to ready to drop one on the feds...

[The Reboot]

yes I noticed he didnt drop a tear for those beautiful animals

to ready to drop one on the feds...

That's because he's a charlatan. All of his virtue-signalling is an act of bullshit.

[Black Orchid]

Victoria's Environment Minister has described the deaths of at least 40 koalas at a blue gum plantation in the state's south-west as "a crime", vowing to bring to account those responsible.

Vets from a specialist koala hospital in New South Wales have headed to Victoria to help treat injured animals.

Lily D'Ambrosio said she was "angry" about the deaths, adding that she expected many more than 40 animals to die as a result of the incident.

"What I'm … deadly serious about is bringing to account every single person who is responsible for this devastation," she said.

"It is a crime, it is cruel. And it should not be allowed to be gotten away with."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-03/ ... e/11923120

D'Ambrosio was crying on the TV so I hope she seriously means this!

[cods]

I saw the pictures on the news.....its a real shocker...

there will be a lot of buck passing I imagine....I hope everyone in Vic is very very angry about this...

and demand justice do they jail people for land clearing..????