Article: SA: Two-thirds of koalas to be sterilised

Article: A lack of natural predators has seen the koala population ...
Geographical;  December 1, 2006 ;     564 words ...A lack of natural predators has seen the koala population of Kangaroo Island, off South Australia, grow to more than 28,000, wreaking havoc ... scientists are testing a contraceptive for female koalas that is administered by dart.

Article: SA: Koala deaths linked to inbreeding, foundation says
AAP General News (Australia);  July 29, 1999 ;     491 words ... ... fate to that of koalas moved from Kangaroo Island in South Australia to Victoria and ... by the Australian Koala Foundation has shown ... Kangaroo Island koalas are highly inbred ... in Victoria and South Australia is beginning to ...

Article: Are koalas in decline?
Review - Institute of Public Affairs;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fewer than 100,000 koalas remaining, with numbers ... up a few of the known koala populations, it is evident ... be well over 100,000 koalas in Australia-59,000 ... 000 on Kangaroo Island South Australia. This quick count does not include Victorian koala populations, with a ...

Article: The Koala Enigma.(dealing with overpopulation and its ...
Animals;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... knows how long this koala state of grace lasted ... The number of koalas populating the mainland ... population record that koala sleuths have been ... considered extinct in South Australia and had plummeted ... ensuing years saw koala numbers recover ... outcomes of isolating koalas in ...

Article: KOALA STERILIZATION AIMED AT PRESERVING TREES.(NEWS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... where a male and female koala, brown-furred and ... the sterilization of koalas, whose numbers have ... that often clamor for koalas. But Barbara St. John ... works with Laslett in South Australia's Department of Environment ... future birth rate of koalas,'' she said. The ...

Article: Australia's koalas face extinction
China Daily;  June 18, 2004 ;     668 words ... ... rapid urbanization, koalas along the eastern ... you will not see a koala west of the divide ... rural outback. Wild koalas only exist in four ... Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The marsupial ... More than 4,000 koalas are killed each ... The most robust koala population on the ...

Article: Follow that Koala! Scientists track koalas to learn ...
WR News, Edition 4 (including Science Spin);  October 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... find our target--a gray koala named Abby nestled in a ... to find ways to protect koalas throughout Australia. Koala Country Koalas are pictured everywhere ... were basically shot out of south Australia," says team leader and ...