After several months of illicit gorging at a NSW nursery, Claude the koala has been caught in the act.

Key points:

  • Claude the koala is estimated to have eaten $6,000 worth of seedlings
  • The seedlings were meant to be used to establish koala habitat
  • A conservationist says many landholders have expressed interest in the habitat project
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    When Humphrey Herington realised something was stealing his seedlings, he did not expect to come face-to-face with Claude the leaf thief.

    “One morning we came out to work and Claude was sitting on a bench next to all these plants, just wrapped around a pole,” Mr Herington said.

    “I wrapped a towel around him and carried it down into my neighbour’s paddock 200 or 300 metres from the nursery and let him go in a tree,” Mr Herington said.

    Mr Herington alleges the leaf thief consumed several thousand seedlings over the course of his crime spree and cost the business up to $6,000.

    Among the recipients of his seedlings are the World Wildlife Fund and local organisation Bangalow Koalas, which has a goal of planting 500,000 trees by the end of 2025.

    Ms Sparrow said she was “thankful” Claude had avoided the seedlings that were being grown for her organisation to plant next year.

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