Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Hundreds of starving koalas killed in Australia

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Hundreds of koalas have been killed by lethal injection in Australia due to an overpopulation crisis near the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.


The Australian reported 686 koalas were euthanasied in secret by wildlife authorities in three separate operations in 2013 and 2014. The culling project was kept under wraps due to fears of a community backlash.



Deakin University lecturer Desley Whisson, who specialises in koalas, clarified to Mashable it was not a secret cull but "a program implemented to reduce the suffering of starving koalas." She said despite reports, there was no effort to keep the program secret. Read more...


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from MashableJenni Ryall
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