Feral horses trample endangered plant communities, destroy threatened species’ habitat and damage Aboriginal cultural heritage — and their numbers are increasing.
- Senior Lecturer in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
The federal government has ordered a national koala audit, but the animals are notoriously difficult to detect. But accurately counting koalas is critical to saving them.
Current environment laws are manifestly failing Australian animals.
Research has shown that culling koalas could help stop the spread of deadly chlamydia. But how open will Australians be to killing one our favourite animals?
When their populations explode, killing koalas is sometimes the only way to reduce their suffering. But why do some places have too many koalas?
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