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Were koalas ever endangered

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Not officially. Conservation status is something that was only brought in during the twentieth century, after koalas became protected by law.

During the late 1800s, koalas became an export commodity for their fur, mostly for export to the USA. Due to koala numbers dwindling and public outrage, laws were enacted protecting the koala and imports were banned by the USA in the late 1920s. By this stage, the koala had been driven to extinction in South Australia.

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