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This is a really important question, so thank you for it, Dottie.
这是一个非常重要的问题，感谢你的提问，多蒂。
It's been no secret that in recent years, koalas have faced a huge problem from wildfires and habitat loss.
近年来，考拉面临着野火和栖息地丧失所带来的严重问题，这已经不是什么秘密了。
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.
但现在澳大利亚正在竭尽全力进行保护工作，以再次建立考拉的栖息地，为这些区域提供更好的防火保护，最重要的是，还建立了野生动物走廊。
So that their populations can continue to move around and hopefully grow.
这样它们的种群就可以继续迁徙，并有希望增长。
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.
我们判断一个物种是否已经灭绝的有效方法，是通过在这些区域工作的不同保护组织和动物园所做的监测。
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.
因此，我们会寻找该物种在该区域生活过的迹象，我们当然也会使用相机陷阱和照片来实际监控这些物种的个体。
So we can then tell how many males and how many females are within that area.
这样我们就能了解到在这个区域有多少雄性和多少雌性。
And obviously, we keep our fingers crossed that we might even spot some offspring at some point.
很明显，我们祈求足够幸运在某个时候甚至能发现一些后代。
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.
但如果没有任何证据，比如说没有粪便，没有爪印，那显而易见，这可能就是该物种在该区域灭绝的迹象。
But with all the amazing work that's being done in Australia, hopefully koala's are going to be around long into the future.
不过随着澳大利亚正在进行很多令人惊叹的工作，考拉很有望能在未来很长一段时间内存活下来。
