Tony Burke, Australia's Environment Minister, announced today some important news affecting Australian wild koalas.
For
the first time ever, koalas will be listed as 'endangered' in two
Australian states, namely Queensland and New South Wales, as well as the Australian
Capital Territory (ACT).
This landmark legislation will give koalas -- and their essential eucalyptus forest habitat -- a somewhat higher level of protection against land developers in those states.
Still, koalas in the southern state of Victoria remain unprotected for reasons that, not surprisingly, are explained differently by different people.
For his part, Bundaleer wants to express today his sincere thanks to Tony Burke for better protecting a sizable percentage of wild koalas!
Bundy says he will carry his homemade sign happily for as long as his little arms can manage.
Still, our favorite mini-marsupial has confessed to musing about staging an Occupy Gum Trees! event in Victoria.
In fact, Bundy's Victorian koala contacts beamed over a message today saying they could host a number of visitors up in the trees... that is, if the visitors didn't mind occupying themselves, and the forest, while the koalas got their 18 hours of sleep each day!
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If you would like to read more about this legislation and how it may better protect koalas, Bundaleer recommends this interesting article published in the Guardian.
Thank you for your continued support of Bundaleer, and of koalas everywhere!