River Murray flooding kills 'thousands' of wombats, but rescuers work to save survivors
ABCCourtney D'Crus kneels next to a washed-out wombat burrow in silence. Key points: Volunteers are working to rescue stranded wombats in South Australia's Riverland Ten have been rescued and released into a sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills The environment department says 3,600 animals have been euthanased since the floods began She knows the River Murray flooding is a natural event that has happened before and will again. The South Australian Department for Environment and Water said in a statement that five wombats had been euthanased and there were "hundreds of thousands across South Australia unaffected by flooding". "We've had wombats for 18 years and I've never had such traumatised animals," Ms Stevens said. "To see every single wombat that we've had come in – touch wood — from the floods survive and go well enough that every one is now being released is amazing," Ms Stevens said.
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