The World's First Known Identical Twin Koala Babies at the University of Queensland Koala Sanctuary
Date: 18-Jun-04
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: DG/CP
Photo: DAVID GRAY
Koalas, a iconic symbol of Australia, face extinction as rapid urbanisation along the eastern seaboard destroys their fragile habitat, environmental activists have warned.
The Australian Koala foundation has written to the government urging it to declare the koala a vulnerable species after a survey of 1,000 koala habitats found 30 percent no longer had a koala in them and 60 percent had suffered widespread destruction.