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Wildlife Centre Heals Survivors of Australia Fires
Animals  (tags: animals, australia, kangaroo, koala, wombats, lyre bird, echidna, healesville, sanctuary, wildlife, brushfires, burn, death, habitat, destruction, suffering, rescue, humans, firefighters )

Tom
- 272 days ago - reuters.com
The rescue of Sam the koala gave Australians hope during the devastating bushfires, and one of the nation's most well-known wildlife sanctuaries is working hard to ensure she's not the only survival story.
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PLZ SIGN; Stop Australian Government From Issuing Permits to Kill Native Wombats and Koalas!!!
Animals  (tags: wombats, koalas, wildlife, native australian animals, australian goverment, farmers, killed, kiling, issue shooting permits, destruction, humans, laws, cruelty )

Simone
- 337 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Most of the world and certainly most Australians think wombats are "protected", but this isn't true. In N.S.W. the Department of Climate Change gives out licenses to farmers and other property owners to shoot wombats. In Victoria 193 parishes (or areas)
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PLZ HELP/SIGN; Start Protecting Our Wombats
Animals  (tags: wombats, native ausralian animals, farmers, shot, killed, destroyed, protection, suffering, environment, conservation, animal welfare, australian goverment )

Simone
- 343 days ago - gopetition.com
Wombats are wonderful animals living only in some areas of Australia. Sadly, in these areas they often come into conflict with farmers who complain about their burrows and their delight in digging under fences. However, some people just don't like
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Wombats Caught in Firing Line
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, wombats, culling, killing, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 380 days ago - smh.com.au
HUNDREDS of wild wombats are being shot across NSW in a cull sanctioned by the State Government. The NSW Greens have condemned the granting of 200 licences to shoot the marsupials this year. Common wombats, which can grow to a metre in length, are c
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Wombats Now 'More Rare Than Giant Panda'
Animals  (tags: wombats, rare, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, endangered, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 586 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
The northern hairy-nosed wombat is more rare than China's giant panda, Indonesia's Sumatran tiger and Central Africa's mountain gorilla. At last count, in 2005, there were just 115 alive in the wild and they all lived in an area the size of the Brisbane
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Accord to Save Cuddly Wombats
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wombats )

Jacquelin
- 836 days ago - australiazoo.com
It presents more danger to a carrot than it could ever to a human, which is why it's hard to believe that a cute and cuddly wombat could be fourth on the world's most endangered species list. But Australia Zoo and the Queensland government are determin
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Wombats 'Have 10 Years to Live'
Animals  (tags: Wombats, endangered, extinction )

Simone
- 937 days ago - news.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S largest species of wombat has been included in a scientific magazine's list of 10 animals facing extinction in the next decade. The northern hairy-nosed wombat was one of the rarest species included in the list published in Scientific
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