http://animalpetitions.org/128548/ban-noisy-festival-that-is-killing-koalas/
Target: Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, Australia
Goal: Ban or move loud festival that causes koalas to leave their homes and die.
Scientists believe koalas are dying off in massive numbers because music from a local festival is causing them a great amount of stress. We need to try and ensure this festival is moved or banned in order to save as many koalas as possible.
Twenty koalas died not long after a study was conducted to try and determine how the noise affected them. Another published study revealed koalas living in the area left while the festival was taking place, most likely to find a quieter place to live.
While moving may be a viable solution for many animals, doing so is a dangerous plight for the koala. They risk being attacked by wild dogs, or even by other koalas. In addition, they easily become sick and are more susceptible to catching diseases because the eucalyptus leaves they consume on a daily basis do not provide them with a lot of energy.
Although the people who hold the Byron Bay Bluesfest deny noise from the festival is hurting koalas, they do admit that many of the animals have died as a result of either becoming diseased or because they were attacked by wild dogs, helping to prove the point that koalas encounter several problems and oftentimes die when they move to other locations.
Demand this festival be moved or banned in order to spare the lives of other koalas. If we don’t do something now, they may soon all be extinct.
send letter to Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, at
http://animalpetitions.org/128548/ban-noisy-festival-that-is-killing-koalas/ 
