700 koalas shot dead or wounden by a shooter in a helicopter organised by the Premier of Victoria in Australia

How can this happen? Why not tranquilize the animals and bring them to a sanctuary. These are Australian heritage. 

Hundreds of koalas killed in south west Victoria

We got a call from a local media outlet early this week about koala deaths in south western Victoria. Unfortunately we were unable to help. Our limited capacity is concentrated on the Strzelecki region.

On Tuesday April 15, YahooNews broke the story that between 600-700 koalas had been 'euthanised' in Budj Bim National Park after a bush fire was started by a lightning strike. 

DEECA (Department of Energy Environment and Climate Action) made a decision that due to fire, overpopulation, drought and lack of post-fire food that they would shoot surviving koalas from helicopters. This is the first time that koalas have been killed by shooting from helicopter in Australia. Aerial culling of koalas is an Australian first and sets a nasty ethical precedent. 

This is the latest koala horror story from a region that has recorded a number of koala culling events over the past two decades. Locals have informed us that the entire area is a complete no go zone, with roads blocked off and cameras set up to record number plates of the cars in the surroundings.