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along with kangaroos and kookaburras
along with kangaroos and kookaburras
yet numbers of these endearing creatures are in such decline
that the Australian Government is expected to list koalas
as endangered or vulnerable in certain areas if this happens these places will
get federal government protection from blogging and development by mining
companies
so the koalas can be free to repopulate the area
spots environmental groups are concerned that such measures will
work and insist full-scale protection is needed
Minister back is already foreshadowed
that he is not going to protect koalas across the hall and Skype
inside i know i industry is a Friday police sting
and I know they have lobbied very hot and
the logging industry the development industry and
on and forestry all pleaded with the Senators last year please do not least
it's estimated that there are less than 80,000 koalas left in the wild
according to the Australian koala foundation in some areas around Sydney
numbers of the animals have declined by seventy five percent since 1993
due to building work as well as climate change and the Seas
Erica Morrow BBC News