Australian state lists koala as 'vulnerable'

[Little Tich]

Source: Source: Yahoo!7 News / AFP

Sydney (AFP) - Australia's Queensland state will list the koala as a "vulnerable species" throughout the northeastern region, saying urban expansion, car accidents and dog attacks were threatening the much-loved furry animal.

"Everybody loves the koala and we must do everything in our power to protect the koala now and into the future," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Sunday of the tree-dwelling marsupial.

Koalas are already listed as vulnerable in south-east Queensland, but the extended protection to cover the whole state will see its government step up its efforts to map populations and conserve habitats.

"We also know, from motor vehicle accidents (to) dog attacks, that this is having a huge impact on the koala populations right across the state," the premier added.

Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/28287771/australian-state-lists-koala-as-vulnerable/

[Recursion]

1. Why the hell is Victoria doing a koala cull, then?

Just kick them north of the border:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/koala-colony-faces-cull-as-food-supply-dwindles-1.3091612

(Yes, I do get that it's entirely possible for the koala to be endangered in the south of the continent and dangerously overabundant in the north, it's just that reading both of these headlines in the same week is kind of jarring.)