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Why were koalas exterminated?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Koalas have not been "exterminated". Extermination tends to refer to the deliberate removal of an animal because it is regarded as a pest.

In the 1800s and early 1900s, koalas were hunted for their fur because their fur attracted a very strong market in the USA. Fortunately, laws were put into place in Australia to protect the koala before it became extinct. It is now illegal to hunt or hurt a koala.

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