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| Topic Started: Jan 20 2014, 04:51 PM (146 Views) | |
| Alli | Jan 20 2014, 04:51 PM Post #1 |
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The young woman in the photo is my late best friends daughter Meagan in Australia "Jerry the Raymond Island Koala that found me and my 4 red gum trees after he was released to die of starvation at Nyerimilang Park..(unsuitable location and feed source) The aged koala is now being used to fight DEPI from being allowed to do this form of soft cull on any more Raymond Island Koalas and to help come up with a better management plan. He is amazingly friendly and brings huge amounts of joy to many that meet him. His wellbeing is being monitored by professionals in the industry. Here is the beginning of his photo diary" Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Is he not the sweetest? Edited by Alli, Jan 20 2014, 04:55 PM.
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| Kahu | Jan 20 2014, 08:15 PM Post #2 |
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A good move ...They might all look soft and cuddly but there are problems with the breeds from isolated islands being repatriated to mainland areas. Koalas were introduced to French Island, Raymond Island and Snake Island in the 1920s when their numbers were declining on the mainland because of hunting for their pelts. Free from bushfires, predators and the chlamydia that afflicts mainland populations and reduces their fertility, koala numbers have flourished on the islands. They have been moved to restock mainland populations almost annually since 1923. But the Australian Koala Foundation believes that many of the island koalas have genetic deformities, which are introduced to the mainland. It says the department's moving and sterilising of island koalas is barbaric as the koalas rarely survived the move to new habitat. "By and large this is a soft cull and they will all be dead within the week," foundation executive director Deborah Tabart said. Source Link |
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