Australia’s native wildlife is in crisis. Critically endangered species are being pushed to extinction, and some of their last remaining habitat is under threat. As we speak, the Gelorup Wildlife Corridor in WA is being bulldozed to make way for a $1 billion highway, destroying the habitat of endangered species with nowhere else to turn.

The Gelorup wildlife corridor is home to ancient trees, sites of Indigenous significance and critically endangered native wildlife, including the beloved Western Ringtail possum. This habitat is crucial to their survival, but the Federal Government has just given the go ahead to destroy it.

This is why we, Friends of Gelorup Corridor, are calling on the Federal Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek and the WA Environment Minister Reece Whitby to protect our native wildlife: stop the clearing of the Gelorup Wildlife Corridor.

This week, bulldozers began destroying the forest, despite ongoing protests by the community who have been fighting for decades to protect this bushland. The decision to clear this wildlife corridor is unacceptable, when an alternative and less harmful route has been identified and is ready to go.

We are not against building a bypass, which is necessary to cater for growing numbers of tourists and traffic. We are simply asking that the highway is not built over critically endangered habitat.

Please sign this petition to call on the State and Federal Environment Minister to step up: protect WA’s precious wildlife. Stop the bulldozing of the Gelorup Corridor.

Thank you,

Facebook Group - Save Gelorup

Worried about our animals becoming extinct, here is another petition you might  be interested in signing:

Wilderness Extinction 2022