Nearly 100 koalas hit by cars or attacked by animals were hospitalised at the RSPCA’s Brisbane headquarters in the last year, doubling previous numbers.
RSPCA executive manager Sheila Collecott says the same koalas are repeatedly injured since rehabilitated koalas are legally required to be sent back to the same danger zone.
RSPCA experts are expecting new laws permitting wildlife groups to relocate koalas to safer areas will be introduced in the coming months.