Article NRAA Koalas in Victoria captured and tracked in bid to control population – video

Koalas in Victoria captured and tracked in bid to control population – video

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Oliver Milman
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The koalas around Cape Otway, south-west of Melbourne, are facing starvation. The population has ballooned and their favourite food is in short supply. The state government has intervened with a fortnight of health checks, during which koalas are caught, examined and fitted with tracking collars. More controversially, captured females are sterilised and the weakest euthanised

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