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	Save the Koala. Learn about the Australian Koala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Koalas are well-known as an icon of Australia and many people who visit Australia as tourists hope to see and hold a koala.
		As housing creeps into koala territory, trees that are homes for koalas become fewer and farther between and many koalas become victims of domestic dogs, even when the dogs are in their own yards” said Deborah Tabart, Executive Director of the Australian Koala Foundation.
		The AKF’s mission is to achieve the long-term conservation of koalas and their habitat and to diminish current and future threats to koalas in the wild.
	www.clickforaustralia.com /SavetheKoala.htm (540 words)

	Australian Koala Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Austalian Koala Foundation (AKF) is an international scientific organisation that aims to diminish the threats to the survival of koalas and in doing so raise the awareness of the global community to help save endangered fauna and flora.
		In 1980s, it was believed that the major threat to koalas was a disease known as chlamydia.
		Project "save the koala" with an aim to raise A$ 5 million was launched to provide research funding into finding a cure for chlamydia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Koala_Foundation (202 words)

	ET 10/94: Koala numbers down
		The AKF maintains that the large and continuing loss of prime koala habitat is the main reason for the decline.
		Koalas are furry, slow-moving marsupials that are often, mistakenly, called "bears." With the arrival of European settlers, slaughter of the animals for their pelts quickly reduced their numbers.
		Approximately 4,000 koalas are killed annually by dogs and cats, predators that never served as a threat to the koala until their introduction to Australia by Western settlers.
	www.sdearthtimes.com /et1094/et1094s5.html (636 words)

	Information on Koalas. This Koala information is regularly updated.
		Koalas are highly territorial and in stable breeding groups, individual members of koala society maintain their own "home range" areas.
		Koalas are mostly nocturnal animals and they are most active during the night and at dawn and dusk.
		Koala populations in fragmented areas of bushland are at great risk of localised extinction from a single fire which may wipe out an entire habitat.
	www.thekoala.com /koala (3150 words)

	DoAustralia - Koala foundation
		Koalas in the wild face a series of threats to their continued survival mostly stemming from destruction of their habitat for human uses and associated threats like cars, dogs and disease.
		The Koala Habitat Atlas is a generic term referring to an evolving project which aims to map, identify and quantify koala habitat throughout the koala's geographic range.
		However captive koalas have enormous potential to educate people about conservation and the AKF encourages exhibitors of koalas to incorporate a strong conservation message in their presentation of koalas.
	www.doaustralia.com /Fauna/koala_foundation.old (1594 words)

	Fact Sheets > Science News > Australian Koalas Face Extinction, Say Environmentalists
		The Australian Koala Foundation says the Koala population is on the decline.
		Koalas have no animal predator, but these small mammals were hunted in the millions for their silver fur.
		The foundation says the outlook for koalas along Australia's eastern seaboard is extremely grim, and the animals could disappear in the next two decades.
	www.fact-sheets.com /science-nature/news/june04/koalas (317 words)

	Planet Ark - Australia's Koalas Face Extinction, Foundation Says
		The Australian Koala Foundation has written to the government urging it to declare the koala a vulnerable species after a survey of 1,000 koala habitats found 30 percent no longer had a koala in them and 60 percent had suffered widespread destruction.
		Koalas are protected by law but the eucalyptus trees they call home and which provide their only source of food are not.
		Koalas are also very social animals, living in stable societies that tend to remain in a small "home range," which means they require habitats large enough to support a healthy population and to allow for expansion by maturing young koalas.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=25577 (652 words)

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		Koalas evolved with gum trees as their primary source of nourishment, and their bodies began to adapt and specialize to cope with the diet (Australian Koala Foundation).
		Koalas have two digits on on their front paws that function as thumbs and are opposable to the other three digits.
		Koalas also have a reduced tail and relatively long limbs which benefit in sitting and climbing (Australian Koala Hospital Foundation).
	www.bio.davidson.edu /Courses/anphys/2000/CrawfordC/morphology.htm (990 words)

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		The Australian Koala Foundation is committed to forming meaningful partnerships with scientists, conservationists and visionaries to create a clear and workable strategy and a concrete means to save the koala.
		The Koala's grey and white fur is thicker in colder southern regions and thinner in the north.
		The koala is related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
	www.lycos.com /info/koala--koalas.html (408 words)

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		Therefore, suitable koala habitats are largely determined by the presence of primary eucalypt species and the presence of other koalas (Australian Koala Foundation).
		Koalas generally obtain a substantial amount of water through their diet and rarely have to drink water (Australian Koala Foundation).
		Koalas have a very relaxed lifestyle, and as you can see, they choose to simply wedge themselves in the forks of trees where they spend a majority of their day resting and sleeping.
	www.bio.davidson.edu /Courses/anphys/2000/CrawfordC/ecology.htm (740 words)

	Koala Bear - Phascolarctos cinereus
		The koala bear used to be endangered, but there are now laws in Australia that forbid you to hunt koalas, especially just for their fur, which is what most people kill them for.
		The koala bear, one of Australia's most recognizable animals, is rapidly disappearing throughout much of its range because of the destruction of the woodlands and forests in which it lives.
		The Australian Koala Foundation is educating Australians about the plight of the koala, and the Koala Habitat Atlas, a part of the Australian Koala Foundation, is identifying and assesing remaining koala habitat.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /koala_bear.htm (1012 words)

	Koala Facts
		Most Australian animals that aren't either fish, birds, insects, or reptiles are marsupials—animals which carry embryonic youngsters (also known as joeys) in pouches unlike their mostly furry mammalian counterparts in the rest of the world.
		Koalas are listed as a "vulnerable" species in several states in Australia.
		While there were an estimated 10,000,000 koalas in the year 1900, there are about 100,000 left only 100 years later, with most living on private land according to the Australian Koala Foundation.
	www.koalajo.com /facts.html (281 words)

	Koala page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Koalas have unique pouches that are backward-directed and supported by material muscles which are along the opening.
		Koalas are one of the marsupials that don't have tails.
		Koalas are picky eaters the eat only a few leaves of a tree at once, then they go to another one.
	www.dcate.net /animals/koala/koalapage.htm (405 words)

	Koala and Tourism
		Nevertheless, the protection of koalas has not been done much, since no data about the declining numbers of koalas or the overall number of them is available, because of no reliable way of counting.
		Within Australia, koalas are often the main "bread earner", as in the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane.
		However, koalas in Australia may be on the verge of becoming an endangered species due to tourism and urbanization.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/koala.htm (1954 words)

	Australian Koala Foundation's Deborah Tabart :: ABC Queensland
		Deborah Tabart - known internationally as "the koala woman" - heads the Australian Koala Foundation which under her leadership has grown from a one-person operation to an internationally recognised organisation.
		The Australia Koala Foundation has introduced eco-labelling initiatives to recognise pastoralists who adopt sound environmental practices on the properties throughout the koalas' natural range.
		While there are no koalas living in her backyard, she has many native visitors to the property including cockatoos, possums, gliders, and bats.
	www.abc.net.au /queensland/stories/s1424255.htm (709 words)

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		The Australian Koala Foundation is the principal non-governmental organisation in Australia that is focused on saving the koala and its habitat.
		To achieve these objectives the AKF raises funds, broadens public awareness about the koala, and most importantly identifies and maps koala habitat and provides koala conservation advice and support to planners and decision-makers within government and within the private sector.
		This is due to the destruction of the koala's natural habitat, a narrow crescent on the eastern coast of Australia.
	www.lycos.com /info/koala--south-australia.html (248 words)

	Koala Contraception
		Koalas are in danger of over-breeding themselves towards extinction in some parts of Australia.
		Sally Troy, Parks Victoria's research manager, said on Wednesday that the koala population had to be brought under control because their staple food, the manna gum in the Mount Eccles National Park, was close to depletion.
		Koalas can live for up to 18 years and may produce between eight and 11 offspring during their lifetime.
	koalas.org /koala-contraceptives.html (336 words)

	Koala Feature
		The Australian bush is home to many animals, including several varieties of birds and insects, not to mention the spiders, lizards, and snakes, some of which are the deadliest in the world.
		Koalas are among the world's largest arboreal (tree-dwelling) mammals, weighing between 4 and 14 kg, roughly equivalent to a sack of flour.
		Koalas are generally nocturnal, sleeping during the heat of the day and coming down the tree at night.
	www.zookeeperjournal.org /koalas.html (1878 words)

	Australian Koalas Receive Death Sentence
		Due to a steady rise in the koala population, officials are seeking to cull at least 20,000 of them.
		Due to the food demand and numbers of koalas, the island is nearly cleared of its native gum trees.
		However, the South Australian state government disagrees with this action and is requesting the koalas be sterilised and relocated appropriately until the population has lowered.
	www.anairhoads.org /politics/koalas.shtml (357 words)

	Koala
		Koalas are often referred to as a Koala bear.
		Koalas are found all over east Australia, mainly in the south east.
		Koalas feed on eucalyptis leaves, which they have a variety of twelve different species to choose from.
	www.australianfauna.com /koala.php (244 words)

	Koala Jo Publishing \| Koalas: Moving Portraits of Serenity
		Koalas are among the most beloved and popular animals in the world.
		The koala is an animal both peaceful and serene and as beguiling as it is charming.
		Koalas: Moving Portraits of Serenity conveys insights about this phenomenal Australian native with resplendent visuals, deserving a place on the bookshelves of koala- and nature lovers alike.
	www.koalajo.com (382 words)

	Visiting: Australian Koala Foundation
		Koalas may be one of our most recognised Australian animals but they are under threat of disappearing from the bush, with less than 100,000 left in the wild.
		The Australian Koala Foundation is the primary non-government, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation and effective management of the wild koala.
		Visit the Australian Koala Foundation's display to learn more about the koala, scientific research methods, wild koala eco-tours and ways you can help preserve this very special species.
	www.amonline.net.au /visiting/whatson/display.cfm?event_id=145 (77 words)

	CONSERVATION SCIENCE - Australian Koala Foundation
		Despite wide-spread habitat destruction in its native Australia, the koala’s chances for survival is greatly increased by successful breeding programs at reserves and zoological facilities around the world.
		Busch Gardens’ koala keepers have traveled to Australia on several occasions to participate in AKF’s data acquisition trips mapping existing koala habitats and collecting data to help determine the habitat’s viability.
		AKF’s director of research biology, Stephen S. Phillips, has visited the park over the years to work with its zoological staff and share research data and techniques developed in the bush.
	www.seaworld.org /conservation-matters/conservation-partners/bgt-conservation-projects/australian-koala-foundation.htm (159 words)

	"Koala-Friendly" Subdivision Seems to Be a Hit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Koalas are Australia's best known tree-dwelling marsupials, coming to the ground only to move from one tree to the next.
		Until the late 1920s millions of koalas were killed for their fur; in August 1927 alone, the last open season for koala hunting, more than half a million were killed in Queensland.
		Before development of the Koala Beach Estate near the New South Wales-Queensland border began in 1996, Steve Phillips, then a researcher with the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF), conducted detailed studies of the koala populations living in the area.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/12/1218_021230_koalas.html (587 words)

	Down Under With The Koala
		Koalas are marsupials and belong to a class of animals that are among the oldest inhabitants of the planet.They go back over 50,000 years when many species of marsupials inhabited the earth.
		The early settlers referred to koalas as sloths, monkeys, bears, and even monkey bears, adopting the unfortunate practice of transposing the names of animals which were already familiar to Europeans to Australian lookalikes.
		The virtual absence of a tail, together with their stocky build and their relatively long legs, gives the koalas a bear-like appearance, and undoubtedly led to their being referred to as, "koala bears", or, "native bears".
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wildlife/34223 (437 words)

	Marsupials: Kangaroo, Koala and Wombat
		Marsupials are best known for the Australian members of the family, the kangaroo and the koala.
		Koalas and wombats are a little different from Kangaroos.
		The kangaroo's pouch is on the front, while the koala and wombat pouches are on the back.
	www.kidport.com /RefLib/Science/Animals/Marsupials.htm (112 words)

	Iconic koala faces extinction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF), a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of the koala, told the BBC that “urban and agricultural sprawl was infringing on koala habitat to a dangerous degree” and that in 12 years the koala population could be wiped out in eastern Australia.
		The biggest threat to koalas is from human development, but they also face threats from bushfires, dogs, cars and diseases such as strands of the infection Chlamydia.
		Four years ago the Australian Government issued a press release from then Environment Minister Robert Hill saying that the listing of koalas as endangered “misrepresents the status of koalas in Australia and is superfluous to wildlife management activities”.
	neovox.cortland.edu /oldsite/vox/vox_156/vox_156.html (410 words)

	KOALAS: MOVING PORTRAITS OF SERENITY Debuts to Set a New Standard for Animal Photography
		The koala is both peaceful and serene and is beguiling as it is charming—leaving people delighted, touched, and fascinated with its endearing presence.
		Deborah Tabart is the CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation.
		Under her guidance the Australian Koala Foundation has grown into an internationally recognized scientific organization winning a prestigious Computerworld Smithsonian Medal for excellence in mapping koala habitat.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/5/prweb377661.htm (688 words)

	Fun facts
		Here's how a koala's average day breaks down: 18-21 hours of rest, one or two hours of feeding, one or two hours of moving around in trees, 15 minutes of grooming and 15 minutes of social interaction.
		THREAT YET: With hunters killing them for their fur and with their forests being destroyed, the koala population was declining greatly until the Australian government declared them a protected species in the 1930s.
		About 45,000-80,000 koalas are believed to exist today, and conservationists say their numbers still are decreasing because of human encroachment on their habitats.
	www.chron.com /content/voyager/zoo/koalas/funfacts.html (438 words)

	Koala
		Koala Park Australian Native Bear Re-Establishment Reserve, Sanctuary for Native Animals, Birds, and Arboretum for Australia Trees, Shrubs and Wild Flowers : A Progress Report to Those Interested in the Re-Establishment of the Koala.
		Girjes, Adeeb A. Molecular Biology of Chlamydia Psittaci Infection in Phascolarctos Cinereus (Koala).
		Conservation of Koalas in the Koala Coast /[Prepared by Department of Environment and Heritage and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning].
	www.clt.astate.edu /wallen/koala.htm (1427 words)

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