Since last September, Australia has suffered giant fires, ravaging an area of at least 100,000 km². Hundreds of millions of animals have been victims of this disaster, including kangaroos where many orphans are now at risk of dying.Thanks to the precious help of French volunteers and the Australian park of Carcassonne in southern France, 30 000 pockets were made and sent to Australia by the teams of Bansard International.
An unprecedented disaster
More than 10 million hectares of bush decimated. Fumes that have traveled more than 11,000 kilometers. More than 2,000 houses burned to the ground. If horror has no face, in Australia, it is now translated into numbers. And perhaps the most damning of all will ultimately be the number of animals that died in the furnace.
The latest estimates put the number of extinct animals at 1.25 billion. Among the species most affected are koala, elk and also kangaroos and their babies.
The French generosity initiated by the Australian Park
A little over a month ago, Carole Masson, biologist, and owner of the Parc Australien de Carcassonne, launched a local appeal for the creation of pockets for baby kangaroos left orphaned by the fires. These pouches can be used as a substitute and thus allow them to complete their development.
Spread by the media and social networks, a gigantic surge of national generosity was then established and exceeded all expectations.
All over France, schools, Ehpad, sewing clubs, and individuals mobilized and made 30,000 pockets of fabric, representing a cargo of 1.5 tons.
The join intervention of Bansard International and Cargo Line International
Thanks to his recent acquisition of a stake in Cargo Line Australia, Bansard International spontaneously decided to get involved in this national cause.
All the steps, including customs operations, have been optimized in order to reduce the cost of shipping goods as much as possible.
The operational teams of the CDG agency thus coordinated the recovery of the 93 parcels from the Australian Park site and then their transportation to the storage site in Marseille. From there, they were sent to Australia with the Emirates airline company to the Cargo Line warehouses to finally be dispatched to the 2 local foundations.
Such an operation would not have been possible without the commitment and collaboration of the different French and Australian teams! Thanks to them!
From the left to the right: Charles Mathey (Bansard Marketing Director), Annia Aubry (Park Assistant), Carole Masson (Park Owner), kangourou Diego and Mélanie Parmentier (Bansard CDG Operations Manager).
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Source: Le Parc Australien, France 3, Futura Sciences