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Article: Qld: Proposed koala protections slammed as a stunt
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2008
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AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2008
Qld: Proposed koala protections slammed as a stunt
Conservationists say proposed new laws to protect south-east Queensland's vanishing
koala population are worthless.
The state government has released a report today showing the rapidly developing region's
koala population could be gone within 20 years.
The survey for the Environmental Protection Agency and Moreton Bay Regional Council
shows the urban koala population in that area has declined 46 per cent over the past six
years.
A task force will now look at drastic measures including banning dogs in new residential
areas .. phasing out dog ownership in existing residential areas .. and mandating ...
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