In an unprecedented operation, Australian authorities culled around 700 koalas in Victoria's Budj Bim National Park, justifying the act due to wildfires that left many animals starving or injured. Critics argue that many healthy koalas, including mothers with joeys, were also killed, raising serious ethical questions about the culling method of shooting from helicopters. Wildlife advocates have condemned the method, emphasizing the cruelty inflicted on orphaned joeys left behind. They are calling for a reevaluation of such practices and an end to the harvesting of eucalyptus trees in the area.
The use of aerial shooting should be treated as a last resort. This is the first time that koalas have been killed by shooting from a helicopter in Australia. Aerial culling of koalas is an Australian first and sets a nasty ethical precedent.
If koalas were shot out of trees, this means many joeys would be left to suffer and die. It's despicable. It's cruel.
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