Biodiversity under the wheels near Repton

"ANGELA Wallace is one of many people upset about the number of koalas being killed on local roads....Little has been done to mitigate these deaths, with another koala recently killed near Repton. “No wonder our iconic koala (dunggirr) is endangered with our roads as ‘killing zones’, deforestation [causing a] loss of habitat, and them trying to survive extreme weather events such as fires and floods.”

"She pointed out that where the koala died, the wildlife fence nearby was thickly overgrown with lantana and a nearby underpass was almost impenetrable due to a mass of lantana."

If an injured, sick or orphaned native animal is found, WIRES can be contacted on 1300 094 737.
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-deaths-spark-fresh-call-for-action
#biodiversity #koalas #roads #highway #signage #KillingZones #cars #speeding #RoadDeath #RoadTrauma #deforestation #weeds #Wildlife #Repton #Bonville #fencing #BongilBongil #governance #NSW #NSWKillingKoalas #thylacines

The Sydney surburban sprawl that’s a death zone for koalas
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/the-sydney-surburban-sprawl-that%E2%80%99s-a-death-zone/105169238
#koalas #Biodiversity #sprawl #roads #trauma #cars #RoadTrauma #Sydney #NSW #extinction #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety #thylacines

Once you could hear the sound of koalas -
"all you hear is trucks now..."

Destruction of koala habitat through sprawl, roads and dogs

"Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2025/apr/12/endangered-koalas-and-the-ecologist-documenting-their-extinction-video
#Biodiversity #koalas #conservation #NSW #Bellingen #roads #vehicles #pets #thylacines #extinction #destruction #Australia

Dreams of environmental redemption: Reanimate the thylacine

"Perhaps we want an iconic marsupial we can walk on a lead to our local brunch spot."

"Certainly we are not up to the job: we have no experience in making thylacines happy. We have restructured the habitat where the tiger lived, decimated its prey, destroyed its culture. We have built a lot of roads: if everything goes very well and thylacines become as common as pademelons, we can look forward to seeing one on our morning commute, smeared across the highway by a logging truck."

"More likely we are hoping for something to erase our guilt, not just for the extinction of this animal (we could blame someone else for that) but for all the extinctions to come. More likely we want to feel that the damage we do isn’t permanent, that we can travel back in time." Jane Rawson
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/31/can-we-recreate-a-lost-world-in-tasmania-anything-could-happen
#Biodiversity #restoration #thylacines #extinction #marsupials #roads #LoggingIndustry #destruction #wildlife #science #creation #ecology #restoration #MAGA #Australia #writing

#thylacines

"The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has reached another big milestone in its mission to make extinction a thing of the past, securing a further $200 million in Series C funding from TWG Global. It brings their total funding to $435 million to date, capital they have used to pioneer a de-extinction toolkit that has already contributed to advancements in species preservation and human healthcare."

https://www.iflscience.com/thylacine-de-extinction-achieves-mid-gestation-marsupial-embryo-development-in-artificial-uterus-77640

@webuiltthiscity Saw and thought of you:
#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup:
"Scene in #Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia": #Thylacines, #Bandicoots, #Wombats, and an #Echidna!
Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.

https://archive.org/details/geographicaldist01wall2/page/n503/mode/1up

#biogeography #zoology #naturalhistoryart #sciart #bookart
https://historians.social/@art_history_animalia/110653225754500667

#MammalMonday #MarsupialMonday #MonotremeMonday mashup:
"Scene in #Tasmania, with Characteristic Mammalia": #Thylacines, #Bandicoots, #Wombats, and an #Echidna!
Pl.XI in Alfred Russel Wallace's The Geographical Distribution of Animals Vol. 1, 1876; illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker.

https://archive.org/details/geographicaldist01wall2/page/n503/mode/1up

#biogeography #zoology #naturalhistoryart #sciart #bookart

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#comics / #indiecomics
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#nonbinary
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#gamedev
#thylacines
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