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Mutilation Death of Koala Latest in a String of Attacks
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, koalas, mutilated, sadness, endangered, humans )

Jacquelin
- 5 days ago - news.com.au
A SHOCKINGLY mutilated koala found dead at Clear Mountain has become the latest victim in a string of recent attacks on the Australian icon. Caboolture Koala Care & Rescue spokeswoman Anika Lehmann said her team had been called this week to the Branch
Australia's Koalas Threatened By Warming
Animals  (tags: koalas, Australia, global warming, threatened, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 113 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Australia's koalas are threatened by global warming because higher temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could cripple their food supply, new research showed on Wednesday. Koalas, furry marsupials which spend most of their time
Climate Change Threatens Koalas: Expert
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, koalas, environment, habitat, endangered, extinction, protection, climate change, eucalyptus leaves )

Jacquelin
- 113 days ago - news.smh.com.au
The koala is under threat from climate change, according to new research which shows rising carbon dioxide levels are killing nutrients in the plants they eat. Lab tests have revealed that global warming is stripping the goodness from eucalypt leaves,
Climate Change Threatens Koalas
Animals  (tags: animals, endangered, wildanimals, koalas )

Linda
- 139 days ago - iar.org.uk
Reports suggest that Australian scientists told local news sources that eucalyptus leaves, the staple diet of koalas, could become inedible as a result of climate change.
Koalas in Danger
Animals  (tags: tragedy, habitat, koalas, dying out, endangered, native australian animals )

Simone
- 141 days ago - independent.co.uk
The future of the koala, perhaps Australia's best-loved animal, is under threat because greenhouse gas emissions are making eucalyptus leaves - their sole food source - inedible. Scientists warned yesterday that increased levels of carbon dioxide
Koalas May Be Declared Endangered
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, koalas, endangered, extinction, protection, genetic weaknesses )

Jacquelin
- 154 days ago - news.com.au
CONSERVATIONISTS will ask federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to declare the koala endangered. Australian Koala Foundation chief executive Deborah Tabart said yesterday that she would pressure Mr Garrett to use the option under the current 10-ye
Irwins' Zoo Rapped for Koala Release Breach
Animals  (tags: australia, australia zoo hospital, wildanimals, wildlife, koalas, release, protection, endangered )

Jacquelin
- 166 days ago - news.com.au
AUSTRALIA Zoo's wildlife hospital has broken the law by not releasing koalas within their prescribed habitats, potentially endangering the marsupials and other koala populations. The Australian Wildlife Hospital is required to release recuperated koala
Hold on to Your Habitats!
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, habitat, humans, protection, endangered, koalas )

Jacquelin
- 167 days ago - uq.edu.au
A new University of Queensland koala habitat study has raised serious questions about the adequacy of habitat protection guidelines currently employed by conservation planners. Planning to ensure the ongoing survival and biodiversity of a species inev
Koala Scan Offers New Hope
Animals  (tags: australia, wildanimals, wildlife, koalas, disease, fungal, ct scan, protection )

Jacquelin
- 199 days ago - news.com.au
IT was a big change from sitting in gum trees and eating eucalyptus leaves but 13-year-old Petra's date with a CT scanner may well have saved her life. Petra, from Sydney Wildlife World, on Friday became the first koala in Australia to be diagnosed wit
Koala Death Trap-Dying for a Drink
Animals  (tags: koalas, life threatening, drought, thirsty, wildlife, protection, suburbs )

Simone
- 244 days ago - news.com.au
DROUGHT is forcing thirsty koalas deep into the suburbs and Adelaide backyards, exposing them to life-threatening risks. The Department for Environment and Heritage is warning residents the suburb-roaming koalas - more than ever before - enter a danger
Thirsty Koalas Risk Life and Limb for Water - Australia
Animals  (tags: australia, endangered, koalas, drought, life-threatening, thirsty, deaths )

Chrissy
- 246 days ago - news.com.au
DROUGHT is forcing thirsty koalas deep into the suburbs and backyards, exposing them to life-threatening risks. South Australia's Department for Environment and Heritage is warning residents the suburb-roaming koalas, more than ever before, enter a danger
Zoo Readies for Koala Visit
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, koalas, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 312 days ago - wthr.com
A pair of Koalas will come to the Indianapolis Zoo next summer. The zoo's deputy director Paul Grayson is thrilled about the visitors.
SEQ Koala Numbers Plummet: Study - Queensland - Australia
Animals  (tags: australia, koala, koalas, decline, queensland, endangered, wildlife )

Chrissy
- 353 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
The koala population in South-East Queensland's important Koala Coast region declined by 26 per cent since 1999, a new Environmental Protection Authority research has revealed. The research, released on Saturday at a koala forum hosted at Capalaba by
Is the Koala Really at Risk?
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, koalas, endangered )

Jacquelin
- 391 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
SYDNEY: The koala has been touted by conservationists as an iconic threatened species - but is it really? A new study argues for contraceptive implants to control burgeoning populations. While this cute and cuddly Australian mascot has declined substan
Koala Groups Face Extinction Due to Changing Forests
Animals  (tags: koalas, endangered, extinction, wildlife )

Kemsa
- 487 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Australia's iconic koalas face an uncertain future as their fragmented habitats shift in response to climate change, fire, and drought, an ecologist said.
 

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