Hello all, this is my second blog ever, and of course my goal is to make it an interesting read for you, and any audience it may reach. In hopes to achieve that, I constructed the following is a mixture of facts and statistics about one crisis the world is currently facing, as well as my personal thoughts and opinions, a view into my perspective as a person. That being said, I hope you learn something new, and that you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Lately, I have been devasted learning about how dangerous and damaging the wildfires have been to Australia in many ways. Today I would like to share some information and spread some awareness about the impacts to Australia and its wildlife due to the wildfires. Specifically, I would like to focus on koalas because they’re famously known to exist in Australia, and they are actually one of my favorite animals. Estimate’s suggests up to 8,400 koalas may have perished in the bushfires. Some good news involving the koalas though, is that a statement recently put onto social media claiming that koalas are functionally extinct is an exaggeration and technically incorrect. However, the species is under major threat unfortunately.
Australia has always been at the top of my bucket list for places I want to visit at some point in the future. It is a gorgeous country from coast to coast according to pictures and videos I’ve seen, but I would love to experience the beauty for myself one day, with my own two eyes. I actually have a friend who just spent about three weeks in Australia, and I got so jealous after hearing his stories, unique experiences, and seeing the photos he took there. To me, the ocean shoreline in a hot climate area will always be one of my favorite places. There’s so much beauty to admire, and it is so captivating that all my stress from reality kind of melts away. You could say it is my happy place. I even got a tattoo inspired by that exact scene, representing my forever happy place.
Even before these disastrous fires, koala populations were already declining. Before this year’s bushfire crisis, koala populations in NSW and Queensland had already dropped by 42% between 1990 and 2010, according to the federal threatened species scientific committee. It’s incredible how rapidly these animal’s population dwindled within twenty years, with no particular major cause.
Thanks for your time and attention, and whether you learned a little bit about the koalas/fires in Australia, or a little bit about me, or both, I appreciate you viewers and hope you gained something valuable to you, even if it was just an entertaining read.
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