Bushfire recovery news
The recent fires, particularly on Kangaroo Island, are of such a magnitude that members of the community are eager to assist our wildlife.
South Australia’s recent bushfires have burnt over 90,000 hectares of national park land resulting in the closure of multiple parks on Kangaroo Island and Adelaide Hills until future notice.
Sixteen more koalas have been translocated from bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island and will be housed at Cleland Wildlife Park to add to the recently established disease-free insurance population.
The Wildlife Recovery Fund, Wildlife and Habitat Recovery Taskforce and food drops are the first of many recovery actions underway to support South Australian wildlife affected by the bushfires.
The impact on koalas of the bushfires on Kangaroo Island has been significant, but there is no danger to the survival of their population on the island.