Preservation of the Koala Population

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The paper explores the controversy between governments and environmentalists over the conservation and protection of the Australia koala bear. It examines in particular the dispute between the United States and Australia regarding the defining of the koala as "endangered". The paper also looks at how the Australian government is assisting private landowners with information on the protection of the koala.

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"The Australian government does not view the koala as endangered. The disagreement is partly one of philosophy: the most ardent environmentalists believe that koalas should live as they formerly did, with wide areas of undisturbed habitat. The government, however, is satisfied that the species will survive within its more fragmented ecology, but given the government's own population estimates, which varies widely (40,000 to 400,000), some skepticism is understandable. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the decision to list the animal as endangered based on information from a private Australian environmental group that has disagreed with Australia's Environment Minister on other occasions as well. The lobbying group, "Australia for Animals," has a U.S.-based sister organization, the "Fund for Animals."

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