Number of koalas hospitalised almost doubled in area dubbed the ‘triangle of death’

The number of koalas hospitalised at the RSPCA’s Brisbane headquarters has almost doubled in a year to a record 690. 

Many of the koalas killed were hit by cars or attacked by dogs in a small area dubbed the ‘triangle of death” from the Eastern Brisbane suburb of Cannon Hill.

The threatened species are cornered in islands of bushlands surrounded by urban developments causing their run-ins with cars and dogs.