‘Diverse genetics’: Queensland researchers hope Jagger the koala will help protect his species
by Eden Gillespie from Environment | The Guardian on (#5XK7S)
Pilot program breeds koalas with high genetic merit' for release into the wild to improve populations
Dogs, diseases and droughts - aided and abetted by land clearing and bushfires - have pushed vulnerable koala populations into rapid decline.
It is now hoped that a two-year-old koala named Jagger can help secure the fate of endangered colonies along Australia's east coast.
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