Australia's koala population is decreasing due to expanding cities, land clearance and the spread of chlamydia,---which is a common sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria...and now scientists are hopeful their vaccine research may help save one of the country's most iconic animals...Watch in for more details!

Australia On A Mission To Save Koalas

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Toppled off of 'knife edge': Australia's famous Koala is now an 'endangered' animal

Australian authorities charge landowner and moving companies for koala massacre

Koalas, which are already at worryingly low numbers are particularly vulnerable and in the Sydney region, they also face many other dangers, including habitat loss and disease. WION tells you how Australia is preparing to protect Koalas.

Australia prepares to protect Koalas from bushfires

The Koala population has been declining in Australia, 30% of the country's Koalas disappeared in the last three years, if the trend continues, they will go extinct.

30% decline in koala population in 3 years, may become extinct in Australia

Koalas may get an unfortunate bump up: From vulnerable to endangered

A koala in eastern Australia has received the world's first prosthetic foot especially designed for the marsupial.

Triumph as world's first koala receives prosthetic foot

Nearly 3 billion animals have been killed or displaced by the devastating 2019-2020 bushfire season

Almost 3 billion animals affected by Australian bushfires: Report

Thing of the past? Experts fear Australia's iconic koala could go extinct by 2050

A year-long parliamentary inquiry announced on Tuesday (June 30) that koalas will become extinct in Australia's most populous state by 2050 without significant intervention.

Koalas could become extinct in Australian state by 2050, says inquiry

Dozens of koalas dead after logging at Australian plantation

A 4-year old English Springer Spaniel named Taylor help locate injured Koalas, one of the many of Australia's iconic wildlife animals that fell victim to the devastating bushfires. Conservation detection dogs have become one of the most important tools used to search for injured animals during the past months.

Meet koala-sniffing dog ‘Taylor’: the animal lifesaver in Australia bushfires

He is named after David Bowie, who also had different coloured eyes

With one blue & the other brown, Bowie the koala's eyes stun Aussie vets

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