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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.

Fer­al pigs on Kan­ga­roo Island will be tar­get­ed in a new oper­a­tion to reduce their num­bers and pre­vent them from hin­der­ing the island’s envi­ron­men­tal recovery.

Drops of food and water will soon start to help save the vul­ner­a­ble and starv­ing wildlife on Kan­ga­roo Island now that the bush­fire is contained. 

With large amounts of wildlife habi­tat burnt on Kan­ga­roo Island, the State Gov­ern­ment has tak­en the unusu­al step of relo­cat­ing 12 res­cued koalas from the island to estab­lish a dis­ease-free pop­u­la­tion at Cle­land Wildlife Park.

The State Gov­ern­ment will estab­lish a Wildlife and Habi­tat Recov­ery Task­force to play a lead role in the envi­ron­men­tal response to recent bushfires.