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I love koalas (and if you don’t already know that about me… then I kind of wonder who you are and how you came across my blog). I haven’t seen one for awhile, but A.J. and I are planning a New Year’s Australia trip, and a visit to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary<\/a> is always on the agenda. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n I just discovered that July is "Save the Koala Month" and the last Friday in July is "Save the Koala Day" down in Australia. The Australian Koala Foundation<\/a> does lots of things to raise money and awareness about the plight of koalas. See, koalas themselves are protected by law in Australia, but their habitat\/food source is not. More than 80% of suitable koala habitat is on private land, so people can do whatever they want to it (meaning chopping it all down) so the poor koalas have nowhere to live. And I guess that sometimes they get attacked by people’s dogs or fall into people’s pools (seriously, it’s recommended that if you live in a koala area and you have a pool you should dangle a "stout rope" in the pool so the koalas can climb out if they fall in).<\/p>\n Anyway, I don’t really know much about the plight of the koalas. But I do know koalas are cute, and I like to look at pictures of them, and if there’s a whole month devoted to koalas, well that just has to be the best month of the year!<\/p>\n I love koalas (and if you don’t already know that about me… then I kind of wonder who you are and how you came across my blog). I haven’t seen one for awhile, but A.J. and I are planning … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"\/blog\/user_files\/Image\/KoalaDays.jpg\")
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