Heartbreaking moment koala watches builders tear down his house
- The image shows a koala seeing his house destroyed by a new road
- The koala population is being depleted in the Coomera region, Gold Coast
The moment a koala watches developers clean up its habitat has been captured in a heartbreaking photo.
Image taken by wildlife rescuer Amy Wregg shows the endangered marsupial in an exposed gum tree on the Gold Coast as workers clear land below for a road project.
Development of the 45km Coomera Connector is being funded by the Queensland and federal governments and will run from Loganholme and Coomera.
“This is what progress looks like, this poor koala is sitting in the soon to be Coomera Connector clearing looking back at what used to be home,” Ms Wregg wrote.
‘Yes, he’s got a tracker, but that won’t prevent him from getting hit by a car trying to cross back to his old home.
“There should have been a better solution, we are not doing enough to save them other than hastening their extinction.”
The moment a koala watches developers clean up its habitat has been captured in a heartbreaking photo.
The image uploaded to Facebook by wildlife rescuer Amy Wregg shows the endangered marsupial in an exposed gum tree on the Gold Coast as workers clear land below for a road project.
When the next stage of the plan moves forward, the koala population on the side of the road where the koala was seen will need to be relocated.
Social media users were outraged by the image of Ms Wregg, saying the situation is heartbreaking.
‘My God. What have we done? said one person.
“It’s terrible, just heartbreaking,” added another.
While a third commented: ‘Absolutely heartbreaking’.
Around 500 koalas lived in Coomera on the Gold Coast in 2018, but their habitat continues to decline to make way for new development.
Development of the 45 km Coomera Connector is being funded by the federal and state governments and will run from Loganholme and Coomera.
The trees have been replaced by homes and retail stores, including Westfield, McDonald’s, KFC, Taco Bell, a Toyota dealership, and Woolworths.
Koalas were declared endangered in 2022, but at that time most developments were already approved and underway.
With the herbivorous marsupial home in decline, conservationists predict the iconic Australian creature will soon be extinct on the Gold Coast by 2025.
