It is with a heavy heart and deep sorrow that I am letting you know of Cohen’s death. She was found dead at the base of a tree on the morning of the 18th May. Dr Jon Hanger did a post mortem and her death was due to acute toxaemia secondary to her immunodeficiency issues. She had a strong survival instinct struggling with her health problems and wanting to survive and this showed as her body condition was the same as when she was released. Apparently her death was sudden. Over the previous weeks her activity levels were high, she was bright, alert and had been moving around well. She had been doing well in her pre release enclosure which was why she was released into the wild on the 17th April even though she had some underlying health issues Dr Hanger said there were no oral lesions in her mouth and could not detect Candida. Cohen was not suffering and it was likely illness occurred in the last few days.
I have been going over everything I have done and questioned whether I did the right thing in letting her go. Even if I could have found a way to keep her with me the outcome may have been the same. Cohen was a gentle, beautiful wild koala and needed to be free to be what nature intended her to be. That doesn’t stop me from wishing things could have been different. Cohen was a very special koala and I did so want her to have a long and happy life.
Thanks Vanda
Vanda, was Guest Speaker at BIEPA’s November 2014 meeting.
See BIEPA News November 2014 attached for your information.
See BIEPA News November 2014 attached for your information.
Since then, we’ve included some updates on how Vanda’s little koalas have been doing.
We also included information on how our members can support our koala carers in the incredible work they do on a daily basis.
If you are so inclined to make a donation to this work, please go to : http://koalaactioninc.org. and follow the links to DONATIONS.
