A fertility program for booming population of koalas
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Now, you may have heard that koalas have been called ‘functionally extinct’ by the Australian Koala Foundation. But in some parts in the country – especially in South Australia – there are in fact too many koalas, with booming populations threatening local vegetation and prompting a birth control.
To discuss more about this fertility program for koalas, The Daily’s Victor Petrovic is joined by Dr. Christine Adams-Hosking, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland.