2.5K views · 72 reactions | On 11th February 2022, the Australian government declared the koala an ‘endangered’ species. The ‘endangered’ status is one of the highest levels of mortality for a species, and is just below critically endangered and extinct. Earlier, the koala had been recognised as a ‘vulnerable’ species. The decline in its numbers is due to land clearing and bushfires, which have been shrinking the koalas’ habitat. | The Hindu | Facebook