[Music] this is a really important question so thank
you for it Dottie it's been no secret that in recent years koalas have faced a huge problem
from wildfires and habitat loss but there are huge conservation efforts now taking place
in Australia to build up their habitats once again to put in better fire protection
for areas and on top of that also to build widlife corridors so that their populations
can continue to move around and hopefully grow the way that we can tell if a species
has gone extinct is effectively through the monitoring that's done by different conservation
organizations and zoos that are working within those areas so we'll look for signs that that
species has been in the area we'll also obviously use camera traps and photos to actually monitor
what individuals of those species have been seen so we can then tell how many males and how many
females are within that area and obviously we keep our fingers crossed that we might even spot some
Offspring at some point but obviously if there's no evidence of any of that no droppings no kind
of paw prints then obviously they can be signs that species has potentially gone extinct in that area
but with all the amazing work that's being done in Australia hopefully koala's are going to be around
long into the future [Music]