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Animals News tagged with koalas

Koalas Extinct in 30 Years as Climate Change, Habitat Loss, Sexually Transmitted Disease Take Their Toll
Animals  (tags: wildlife, suffering, animals, koalas, deaths )

Katie
- 10 days ago - treehugger.com
Just completed research shows that the current koala population is somewhere between 43,000-80,000 individuals, a decline from an estimated 100,000 in 2003, and without better conservation efforts they could all be extinct within 30 years
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Koalas Are Disappearing From Australia
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, koalas, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 11 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Australia's koalas are in trouble. Scientists from the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) have evidence of a drastic decline in Australia's wild koala population and are requesting protection from the government.
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Fewer Than 50,000 Koalas Feared Left
Animals  (tags: tragedy, australian native wild animals, koalas, disappearing, threatened, endangered, wildlife )

Simone
- 11 days ago - theage.com.au
THERE could be fewer than 50,000 koalas left in the wild, according to an estimate released to pressure the Federal Government into listing the animal as a threatened species. Australian Koala Foundation scientists estimate that the koala population
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RSPCA Count Shows Koalas More Vulnerable
Animals  (tags: rspca, studies, koalas, habitat destroyed, disappearing, road kills, humans, native australian animals, endangered )

Simone
- 22 days ago - news.theage.com.au
Many more koala spotters saw fewer of the marsupials during this year's RSPCA koala count and it's a cause for concern. Despite an increase in the number of spotters for last weekend's census, only 106 koalas were reported across south-east Queensland
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Australia's Koalas Are 'Dying of Stress'
Animals  (tags: animals, koalas, stress, death, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 51 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Australia's beloved koalas are dying of stress because their habitats are being destroyed, research has found.
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ACTION ALERT: Save the Koalas!!!
Animals  (tags: koalas, australian native animals, habitat destroyed, endangered, conservation, survival, protection )

Simone
- 83 days ago - animalrights.change.org
There used to be millions of koalas now there are less than 100,000. Their homes are 80% gone and they have to live in urban areas. 4000 koalas are destroyed by dogs and cars alone. Koalas are beautiful animals that should not be destroyed.
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Famous Koala, Sam, Dies
Animals  (tags: animals, koalas, death, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 93 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Sam, the koala who became famous when it was saved from forest fires in Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires and drank water from its savior while holding his hand, died this month.
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Koala Who Survived Australian Bush Fires Dies
Animals  (tags: animals, koalas, death, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 107 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A koala that gained worldwide fame and sympathy when it was filmed drinking from a firefighter's water bottle during the Australian bush fires earlier this year has died.
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What Will You Do to Save the Koala?
Animals  (tags: koalas, threatened, queensland government, endangered, humans, destruction )

Simone
- 148 days ago - wildlife.org.au
The koala is likely to become extinct in South-East Queensland unless the State government and local authorities act now. A major cause of this devastating
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Blue Mountains Is for Conservation, Not Captivity ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, koalas, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 149 days ago - action.petaasiapacific.com
Blue Mountains (NSW, Australia) residents are up in arms over a proposal for an indoor koala exhibit aimed at drawing business to their failing local shopping center, Three Sisters Plaza. Fivex Property Group, the developer of the exhibit, has already
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Island Koalas Too Close for Comfort - Australia
Animals  (tags: australia, koala, koalas, kangaroo island, french island, extinction, endangered )

Chrissy
- 169 days ago - abc.net.au
Despite being plentiful in number, Australia's two largest populations of koalas are so heavily inbred, they risk instant extinction, say researchers. A recent study of koala populations on Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia, and French Is
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Australia's Koalas at Risk From Inbreeding, Warn Experts
Animals  (tags: animals, koalas, inbreeding, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 170 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The two largest populations of koalas in Australia are so heavily inbred that they could be wiped out "in an instant" by a single disease, scientists have warned.
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Film Stardom Beckons for Sam the Koala
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, marsupial, koalas, sam, bookdeal, possibly a film in the works, endangered, extinction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 249 days ago - news.com.au
SAM the koala's star is set to rise even higher with news she is to be the subject of a new book - and even whispers of a possible film. TressCox Lawyers, which now handles inquiries regarding the famous marsupial saved from a deadly bushfire, said the
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Freight Rail Corridor Puts Koalas at Risk
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, koalas, at risk, freight rail corridor, endangered, extinction, protection, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 252 days ago - news.com.au
THE Bligh Government is poised to run a freight rail corridor through three essential koala habitats at the same time it admits the iconic marsupial is fighting for survival. The Government is finalising the route for the Southern Freight Rail Corridor
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Koalas 'May Not Make Endangered List'
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, wild animals, marsupials, koalas, loophole, endangerd species list, extinction, endangered, protection )

Jacquelin
- 259 days ago - bigpondnews.com
Bureaucrats have found a loophole which is preventing Queensland's dwindling koala population from being listed as critically endangered, the AKF says. AKF chief executive Deborah Tabart said the delay in listing the animals as critically endangered wo
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