John Creighton, the founder of Wombat Care Bundanoon, drives through a burned-out forest after wildfires outside the town of Bundanoon in New South Wales, Australia, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
SYDNEY (Reuters) - To most of the world, the enduring image of Australia's bushfires has been injured koalas, but for former teacher John Creighton, the impact has been far worse for the native wombat.
"For every koala we've lost, we maybe lost 10 or 15 wombats, that's the number we're not seeing," the head of volunteer group Wombat Care Bundanoon told Reuters in Wingello, a bushfire-ravaged village about 150 km (90 miles) southwest of Sydney.
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