Kangaroo Island koala cull rejected by South Australian government

University of Adelaide modelling finds koala numbers on island have more than tripled over past five years

Koala numbers on Kangaroo Island have more than tripled over five years but the South Australian government has rebuffed calls to cull the animals, saying they can be managed through existing sterilisation programs.

Koalas were introduced to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s because of concerns they were facing extinction from hunting and habitat destruction on the mainland.