考拉在澳大利亞森林大火后重回野外

考拉在澳大利亞森林大火后重回野外

Months after Australian brushfires ravaged the continent’s koala populations, the endangered critters are finally returning home.

幾個月前，澳大利亞的叢林大火肆虐了該大陸的考拉種群，如今，這些瀕臨滅絕的動物終于回家了。

Sydney-based wildlife conservation organization Science for Wildlife announced Monday that four rescued adult koalas and one baby joey would, at last, be released back into the New South Wales national park Kanangra-Boyd.

總部位于悉尼的野生動物保護組織“野生動物科學(xué)”周一宣布，四只獲救的成年考拉和一只幼年考拉，最終將被放回新南威爾士國家公園卡南格拉博伊德。

“While they have coped well in care, we are delighted to finally send our koalas home,” Kellie Leigh, executive director of the not-for-profit conservation group, said in a statement.

這家非盈利環(huán)保組織的執(zhí)行董事凱莉?利(Kellie Leigh)在一份聲明中說：“雖然它們被護理的很好，但我們很高興終于把它們送回家了。”。

The marsupials’ rerelease was timed significantly to the weather, with human caregivers wanting to be sure the fur babies had enough to eat once on their own again.

這些有袋動物的回歸時間明顯取決于天氣，看護者希望確保這些有毛的小動物能夠再次自己進食。

“We have been busy assessing the burnt area that we rescued them from, to establish when the conditions have improved enough that the trees can support them again,” said Leigh. “The recent rains have helped and there is now plenty of new growth for them to eat, so the time is right.”

利說：“我們一直在忙著評估我們救出他們的燒傷區(qū)域，以確定什么時候情況會有足夠的改善，樹木可以再次支持他們。最近的降雨起到了幫助作用，現(xiàn)在有大量的新植物供它們食用，所以現(xiàn)在正是時候。”

They will be radio-tracked to ensure they “settle in OK.”

這些考拉將被無線電跟蹤，以確保它們真的“安頓好了”。

The koalas are among a group of 12 that were saved from the fires and had been living at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo since January, while they and their environment recuperated. The remaining koalas will be released soon, according to Mashable — and faster than planned in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

這些考拉是從火災(zāi)中獲救的12只中的一部分，自今年1月以來，它們一直生活在悉尼塔龍加動物園，這段時間，它們和它們的環(huán)境得到了恢復(fù)。根據(jù)Mashable的說法，剩余的考拉將很快被放歸森林，由于冠狀病毒爆發(fā)，實際回歸日期比計劃的要早。

While the released koalas are a small group, researchers are hopeful they will help begin rehabilitating the species’ decimated population.

雖然被釋放的考拉是一個小群體，但研究人員希望它們能有助于恢復(fù)該物種數(shù)量銳減的狀況。