These Injured Koalas Really Need Your Mittens (Remember Cinder the bear?) See photo

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A koala named Jeremy receives treatment for burned paws. (Photo: @telegraph/Twitter/Australian Marine Wildlife Research and Rescue Organisation)

Recent wildfires in Australia have left many marsupials with burned paws.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/01/08/these-injured-koalas-really-need-your-mittens?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-01-09

January 08, 2015 By Kristina Bravo

Kristina Bravo is Assistant Editor at TakePart.


If you can’t sew, now would be a good time to learn.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare has put out a plea for cotton mittens to help recovering koalas whose paws were burned during recent bushfires in Australia. The organization doesn’t know how many injured koalas to anticipate this season, but it’s preparing for an influx.

Much as doctors do with humans, vets treat marsupial burn injuries with cream and bandages.

“[Koalas] then need special cotton mittens to cover the dressings,” explains IFAW Australia’s Josey Sharrad on the organization’s website. “All this needs changing daily, so we’re asking if you can help us by sewing koala mittens—as many as [you] can before the fire season truly hits.”


(Photo: International Fund for Animal Welfare)


Summer kicked off in December in Australia. Thanks to record heat—the country experienced its third-warmest year on record in 2014—bushfires have blazed through many regions. About 31,000 acres in Adelaide in South Australia have been burned since a bushfire started last week, injuring at least 29 people. High temperatures have been forcing koalas out of the woods, but many of the slow-moving marsupials fail to escape the flames.

FULL story at link.

[shenmue]

1. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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[LiberalElite]

2. Poor little guys - but they may not need mittens - of which lots have been sent -

http://time.com/3662337/koala-mittens-unnecessary/

[Raine]

3. Aw, poor things things ... THANKS for posting this! nt

[rhett o rick]

4. k & r. Thanks for posting. nm

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5. Poor babies!

Thanks for posting.