AR-News: Australia plans koala contraception

[jim robertson]

Australia plans koala contraception

Growing population in park diminishes food supply
A koala sits in a tree outside a residence in Port Macquarie. Around 3,000 
wild female koalas in the Mount Eccles National Park will be injected with a 
small tube containing the same hormones as the contraceptive pill.


CANBERRA, Australia, July 30 —  Female koalas are being given contraception 
in the Australian state of Victoria because the population is eating itself 
out of house and home.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/945915.asp


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