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Take Action: Save Koalas from Possible Extinction!
Koalas in Australia suffer from a severe chlamydia epidemic. Take action!
04/25/13: According to a new article from the BBC, infection rates of koalas in some regions of Australia have reached as high as 90%. But not all the news is bad - chlamydia is treatable with antibiotics while volunteers help rehabilitate the sick. With a vaccine nearing development, now is the time to act and bring the koala back from the brink of extinction.
Goal: 50,000
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Progress: 32,363
Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
Quite possibly one of the cutest animals in existence, the Australian koala is facing serious health dangers. An epidemic of chlamydia has begun to ravage Australia's koala population. In koalas, chlamydia is a nasty bacterial disease with symptoms including blindness, respiratory infections, and even infertility.
Combined with other threats from habitat loss and dog attacks, koalas now face the possibility of extinction. Though chlamydia doesn't directly kill the animals, rendering them infertile means koalas could become extinct in as little as a few decades.
About 40% of Australian female koalas are now infertile. We must intervene if we are to reverse the pattern that could lead these cuddly creatures to extinction.
Sign the petition asking Australias Federal Environment Minister to elevate koalas to endangered status and ensure they receive the resources necessary to avert this catastrophe.
Dear Hon. Burke, PM:
I am writing to express my concern over the current koala situation in Australia. I've learned that chlamydia is taking a huge toll on the koala population and rendering them infertile. Though chlamydia causes a range of health problems for these adorable animals, infertility is the most ominous as it threatens to extinguish the entire koala population.
Though there are treatment options, once chlamydia enters a koala's urinary tract, the animal is most often rendered infertile. With a vaccine in development, now is the time to grant the animal greater federal protection under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), providing the species with a chance of recovery.
This national emblem deserves national protection, rather than patchwork solutions offered at state and local levels that provide inadequate coverage.
Thank you for your time.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Catherine Burbury
May 14, 2013
pamela griffin
Very sad. We should do everything we can to save all of God's creatures especially such cuties as these.
May 14, 2013
Donna Thornton
May 14, 2013
Lysette Robles
i wuv<3 KOALAS
May 14, 2013
Lytha Lee
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Lisa Rex
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Gina Caracci
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Susan Milan
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Jone Noveck
Save the koala; protect the mystique of Australia
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andrea sidnell
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Sharon Harman
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Robin Parrotta
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A Morgan
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michelle dennis
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kelly goodman
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Karin Weekes
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karen Briere
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Lyn Lenizo
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Darlene Loughner
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michelle choi
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Cathy Thomas
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connie dennis
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KAYE HOLDER-NEAL
May 14, 2013
Karen Pearlman
Please protect these beautiful animals, and their habitat. Thank you for showing compassion.
May 14, 2013
Everton Carter
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Linda McMillan
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Georgie Cooper
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Hana Lee
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Elaine Knapp
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Ocean Thakur
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Diana Keener
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Jessica Carlopio
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catherine jablonska
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Nicole Fetz
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wanda forresthell
IWill sign all pledges regarding animal welfare
May 14, 2013
Karen Manske
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Patricia Masciale
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Bonnie NeSmith
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kathleen kinsey
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süheyla muş
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Kimberly Taylor
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marijke hanke
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Ekaterina Solonina
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Julia Sapoznikova
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May 14, 2013
Charlotte Rutherford
I hope that your countrymen can save the cute kola. Thank you for all that you do to help them propagate and survive.
May 14, 2013
barbara berti
