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These koalas were all killed in the space of a single week by cars or dogs. From July to December, koalas descend to the ground in search of mates and new food sources. Many of them are hit by cars and attacked, prompting those who work with koalas to dub it “trauma season.”
Keywords
- Australia
- Brisbane
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- car crash
- Dead
- deceased
- dog attack
- imperiled
- koala
- koala rescue
- Koalas
- tarp
- tarpaulin
- threatened
- trauma
- trauma season
- Wildlife rescue
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