The population of koalas in some parts of Australia is very healthy, while in other areas it is vulnerable, even threatened. As a species, the koala is not yet classified as Endangered, but its population is in decline. The Australia Koala Foundation believes that koala numbers in the wild have dropped to below 80,000. Current estimates suggest the figure could be anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000.
The population of koala is at a threat as a result of chlamydia.
Koala populations are being monitored, but current methods have their limitations. The Australian Koala Foundation works actively to monitor koala populations, but they have limited resources. Their view is that the Australian koala population has dropped to below 80,000, but because not enough research on individual populations is being done, they cannot be sure of the accuracy of their estimate. The problem is that the Federal Government remains of the belief that koala numbers are much healthier than that. The Threatened Species Scientific Committee of the Australian Government has put the koala population in the 'hundreds of thousands'. The related link below will also help you to learn more about how koala populations are monitored. It takes you through to various koala research projects currently underway in Queensland.
The koala is protected throughout Australia. It is illegal to hunt koalas or keep them as pets. Unfortunately, this does not always mean the koala gets the better deal. Urban development still results in loss of habitat, and a reduction in the koala population in many colonies along the eastern coast.
It is good to stay up to date on animal population numbers. In Melbourne, Australia there is no Koala population.
The Australian Koala Foundation estimates the population of wild koalas to be less than 100,000. This figure has stood for the past few years.
No. There is no king koala, and koalas are not bears. There is no such creature as a "koala bear". It is just "koala".
Not as of 2013. Estimates for the current koala population range between 80,000 and 110,000.
A koala bear is called 'koala' in French.
A koala scat simply refers to the droppings of a koala.
The Farsi word for Koala is "کوالا" which is pronounced as "kuwala".
A koala is not a bear but a marsupial.The koala's species is Phascolarctus cinereus.