Koalas will benefit from $1.5 million in this year’s Budget which includes infrastructure improvements at the Moggill Koala Rehabilitation Centre and … [follow link to original story…]
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Drones, sensors and DNA testing are helping conservationists protect Australia’s iconic animals
Three of Australia's most iconic animals are under threat, and conservationists are turning to technology to protect them. Koala numbers are in serious … [follow link to original story…]
Birth control for koalas? Hormone implant set to control booming numbers in parts of Adelaide
A koala fertility program is being implemented in parts of South Australia in a bid to control booming numbers, despite the marsupial now being listed … [follow link to original story…]
Koalas now ‘functionally extinct’ says Australian Koala Foundation
Bill Shorten holding Brandi the six year-old koala while attending Australia Zoo in Beerwah north of Brisbane. Picture: Liam KidstonSource:News Corp … [follow link to original story…]
Koala contraceptive introduced in Adelaide Hills to control booming population and preserve …
The fertility control program, which started this week, involves Environment Department staff capturing a koala and administering a hormone implant … [follow link to original story…]
Koala survey provides vital data to help save koalas
More than 90% of people in the Northern Rivers are happy to live among koalas and want to see them protected, a major community survey has found. [follow link to original story…]
On Australia’s major environmental crises
Many visits to Australia provided major research for an important book entitled, Killing Koalas and Poisoning the Prairies, co-authored with Professor … [follow link to original story…]
Land clearing is stressing koalas: report
Land clearing and bushfires are the biggest causes of stress for wild koalas, according to NSW research of stress hormones in faecal samples. [follow link to original story…]
