- In short: Claude the hungry koala scales fences in broad daylight to sample sweet young seedlings at a nursery.
- He’s a repeat offender and has attracted mates to the free feed, costing the nursery thousands of damaged plants.
- What’s next? The nursery owner hopes new fencing and a mass planting project nearby will deter the brazen koala from repeated daylight robbery.
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Claude the leaf thief is back for more and it seems there is no stopping this brazen koala — now stealing his booty in broad daylight.
The repeat offender only targets one location, but this animal knows what he wants and nothing deters him from the sweet treat of young eucalyptus seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery at South Gundurimba on the north coast of NSW.
Claude made international headlines when his night-time derring-do was captured on camera in September last year.
He even donated the koala-damaged seedlings to the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia which aims to plant 500,000 trees by the end of the year.
"If landholders have got riparian zones, or they can look at planting trees, then work with organisations like the World Wildlife Fund.
“Even though there’s a little bit of an economic cost, Claude’s really highlighted a need, and it’s created a lot more awareness of habitat loss,” he said.
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