Burnt habitats stranding koalas

KOALAS injured in the bushfires will not be able to go home for at least another six months, with burnt bushland unable to sustain them.

The staff and cuddly patients at Port Macquarie Koala Hospital became famous worldwide in the wake of the area’s fires in mid-December.

If koalas cannot be released into the wild, they will become candidates for the hospital’s breeding program.

The plan is to breed a new population of koalas to replace those lost in blazes.