Potoroo Palace has been celebrating this week. After many years of constant coordinating with discussions, hoop jumping and jungles of red tape, an unreleasable and very important female koala has finally arrived.
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Dusty was rescued by a wildlife care group located a little further south who, with much loving dedication, brought her back to good health. Sadly, being blind in one eye would have meant she would by law have to be euthanased, but thanks to effective negotiations between the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Potoroo Palace and the local wildlife care group, her life has been saved.
Dusty was brought safely to Potoroo Palace and will have a new life at the sanctuary, but still needs to undergo tests to see if she has the right genetics and is free of the chlamydia bacterium, an infectious disease contributing to the decimation of koala populations.
All being well, she is set to become part of the ongoing plans for a captive koala breeding program, aiding with the vital role in securing a future for the South Eeast koala population.
