The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital, which began in the garage of its founders and went on to become a leading force in national research and conservation efforts, is celebrating 50 years.
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As a licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility, the hospital has treated more than 5,000 koalas, including many that were displaced and injured during the Black Summer bushfires."We were getting requests from all over the world to talk about the fires because they were so devastating," she said.Today, the koala hospital has increased its efforts in researching solutions to chlamydia, which is the biggest killer of wild koalas other than natural disasters.
"The numbers are plummeting and it's not that they're healthier, it's that there are fewer koalas around."Ms Flanagan, who also heads the breeding and research program, said the hospital intended to share its work as far afield as possible. "On a broader state-based scale, they've been really fantastic in sharing that knowledge quite broadly, which is really important because it gives everyone else the tools to do strong conservation efforts for koalas," she said."On a local scale, without them, I don't want to think how many koalas would have been lost in the Port Macquarie region."The success of the hospital is due, in part, to about 200 dedicated volunteers.
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