​Sadly many of our news stories are tragic and a terrible reminder just how horrible humans can be to defenceless animals. ​

Dead koala found 'screwed' to post at south-east Queensland park
The Sydney Morning Herald
Koala rescuers have been left horrified by a photo said to show a koala screwed to a post on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Read the full story

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OTHER TV CLIPS

TV CLIP - Triple J  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnSO60tkzY0&list=FLXQp-X704az_nldmPg3DGFQ

Newspaper & Magazine Articles:

2018

The Sydney Morning Herald
Koala rescuers have been left horrified by a photo said to show a koala screwed to a post on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Read the full story

2017
Sunshine Coast Daily - https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/sunshine-coast-roads-become-death-row-for-koalas/3219048/ 
Sunshine Coast Daily - ​​https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/map-shows-grim-fate-for-coasts-koalas/3203652/
Sunshine Coast Daily - ​​https://www.sunshinecoastdailycom.au/news/koalas-death-leaves-golf-club-staff-distraught/3212210/
Sunshine Coast Daily - ​​https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/green-groups-join-forces-to-slow-tree-clearing/3180257/
ABC - ​​http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-20/koala-habitat-in-northern-nsw-destroyed-by-logging/8724486
Brisbane Times - http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/less-than-25-per-cent-of-injured-koalas-returned-to-the-wild-rspca-20170518-gw87jd.html
Sunshine Coast Daily - https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/watch-baby-koala-trapped-in-barbed-wire-fence-free/3214651/
Gympie Times - https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/the-deadly-hotspots-for-koalas-across-gympie/3218758/
Gympie Times - https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/koalas-risk-being-wiped-out-australia/3221296/
Gympie Times - https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/strike-3-another-koala-dead-on-mary-valley-rd/3215979/
Sydney Morning Herald - http://www.smh.com.au/environment/healthy-koala-colonies-potentially-the-next-victims-of-sydneys-housing-crisis-20170901-gy9bvd.html

2016
Sunshine Coast Daily - ​​http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/action-for-koalas-too-little-too-late-says-advocat/3028499/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/sir-richard-bransons-plan-to-sav_e-the-koala/3035147/#/1
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/steve-irwins-vet-goes-to-makepeace-island/3035149/

 
2015
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.qt.com.au/news/palmwoods-cross-protest-proves-a-town-mystery/2122666/ 
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/wildlife-saviour-points-finger/2603992/
​Brisbane Times - http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/hume-the-koala-returns-to-the-wild-20150513-gh0os2.html

2014
ABC News - http://www.qt.com.au/news/palmwoods-cross-protest-proves-a-town-mystery/2122666/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/koalas-cars-and-footy-keep-twins-busy/2289530/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/cut-speed-limit-call-after-koala-dies/2418673/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/wild-dogs-helping-to-kill-off-our-koalas/2164423/

2013
The Queensland Times - http://www.qt.com.au/news/palmwoods-cross-protest-proves-a-town-mystery/2122666/ 
Fraser Coast Chronicle - http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/koala-bearing-up-well/1902255/Fraser Coast Chronicle - http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/sickness-continues-to-reduce-koala-numbers/1893343/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/road-upgrade-threat-to-last-koala-habitat/1873135/Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/koala-activist-slams-remarks/1850321/
Noosa News - http://www.noosanews.com.au/news/comments-anger-koala-crusaders/1852604/
ABC News - http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/05/13/3758136.htm
Noosa News - http://www.noosanews.com.au/news/end-of-the-line-looms-for-noosa-koalas/1861545/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/harper-clings-to-home-noosa-koala/1820742/
Sunshine Coast Daily - 
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/koalas-get-us-silver-lining/1811840/
Sunshine Coast Daily - 
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/koala-habitat-danger/1803440/

2012
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/08/27/koala-death-foul-play-sunshine-coast-wildlife/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/08/24/week-of-dangers-for-sunshine-coast-koalas/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/06/04/wildlife-crusader-calls-for-land-buy/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/05/03/wildlife-rescuers-need-help-themselves/
National Geographic Magazine - http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/05/koala-rescue/jenkins-text
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/03/20/koala-workers-seeking-40k/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/01/01/koala-saviours-robbed-abused-koalas-rescuers/

2011
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/11/10/road-claims-yet-another-koala/
Noosa News - http://www.noosanews.com.au/story/2011/11/11/alarm-at-koala-carnage-noosa-car-road/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/11/28/speeding-fines-blow-for-wildlife-rescuers/      
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/07/27/hit-koala-left-die/
My Sunshine Coast - http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/events/events-display/animal-activists-overdevelopment-protest,44744,62518
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/07/14/koala-survives-being-hit-two-cars/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/06/12/wildlife-carer-upset-at-logging-koalas/
Noosa News - http://www.noosanews.com.au/story/2011/06/10/a-new-threat-to-koalas-survival/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/03/23/rescuer-calls-for-fences-save-koalas-ray-chambers/
Sunshine Coast Daily - http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2011/02/26/lesley-koala-released-back-into-the-wild/

Article by SC Journalism Student Kelly Butterworth - Sunshine Coast Koalas Soon To Be A Memory
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