Airline staff reserved three seats for the koala. Le Figaro reports that passengers on TAP flight TP439 connecting Paris to Lisbon were surprised by the performance of two and a half flights with Grape.
Originally, TAP created an Endangered Species Conservation Program. The marsupial was transferred to the zoo in the Portuguese capital. This gentleman traveled with us in the cabin and with his new master.the company said in a video broadcast on YouTube, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.
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Endangered animal
The caregivers put the koalas in a cage. A piece of wood was provided for the animal to blend into a reassuring environment. For several years, the koala acreage has been trending to shrink due to the effects of global warming and disease. Its situation deteriorated sharply after bushfires in Australia in 2019, which killed or injured 60,000 koalas, according to France Info.
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The head of the Australian Koala NGO, Deborah Tappart, has estimated that its habitat has shrunk by “80%” in just a few years. While ten million marsupials lived at the beginning of the 20th century, more than tens of thousands remained which is why some zoos have partnered with airlines in conservation programs.
In 2018, a 19-month-old koala was transported from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Edinburgh (Scotland). 1100 km journey.
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