Scientists To Test Koala Contraceptive

Scientists hope to test a contraceptive dart next year as a new weapon to curb a koala population explosion that has destroyed thousands of trees on an Australian island, a researcher said Sunday." /> Water ...

[James Bond AKA Falcon 69]

I used to drive a contraceptive Dart when I was 19...Girls wouldn't even look at me when I drove that car....

[James Bond AKA Falcon 69]

I drove a contraceptive Dart when I was 18...The girls wouldn't even talk to me when I drove that car...

[MrBill]

No one ever thinks of Koala hunting?

[Bolinger]

Forget the koala bear population explosion. They should be looking into eucalyptus leaves as an aphrodesiac.

[VEE]

Leave my adorable Koalas alone. Do not touch a hair on their soft furry heads.Fly them around QUANTAS airline. They used to do commercials for them, let them fry free first class with all the eucalyptus they can handle.

[Ken]

What a waste of time and money.

[Crazytempest]

Sexed up koalas ? Too funny !

[Sam aka mr wadds]

I'd rather do Geno.

[Uh Clem]

This is Flucked up.

[Crazytempest]

Sam aka mr wadds wrote:

I'd rather do Geno.

LOL !

[Rhystickles]

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[Wazzi]

James Bond AKA Falcon 69 wrote:

I used to drive a contraceptive Dart when I was 19...Girls wouldn't even look at me when I drove that car....

they sould test it on white aussie before koala

[Hello]

Ken wrote:

What a waste of time and money.

True...one of those weird experiments

[quilterqueen]

No! Leave them alone. They've survived without man interferring in their lives so far.
The government just has to get into everything.
Are tax payers paying for this, too?
Who's getting paid to do this?

[milwaukee69]

quilterqueen wrote:

No! Leave them alone. They've survived without man interferring in their lives so far.
The government just has to get into everything.
Are tax payers paying for this, too?
Who's getting paid to do this?

***rolling eyes***

It's in Austalia - relax your "Obama-hater" sphincter and read the story for once, will ya'?

[Hello]

quilterqueen wrote:

No! Leave them alone. They've survived without man interferring in their lives so far.
The government just has to get into everything.
Are tax payers paying for this, too?
Who's getting paid to do this?

exactly....

[milwaukee69]

Hello wrote:

<quoted text>
exactly....

What else is the Austalian government going to spend their dollars on?

Exactly...

[Hello]

milwaukee69 wrote:

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What else is the Austalian government going to spend their dollars on?
Exactly...

Apparently "Surgical sterilization and relocation have been tried, but the state government regards these options as too expensive as large-scale solutions"

was too expensive so micro chips was cheaper. To help them slow down their libido & breeding sounds like bs 2 me.

[milwaukee69]

Hello wrote:

<quoted text>
Apparently "Surgical sterilization and relocation have been tried, but the state government regards these options as too expensive as large-scale solutions"
was too expensive so micro chips was cheaper. To help them slow down their libido & breeding sounds like bs 2 me.

Koalas are not an invasive species - they were introduced to the island when the Koala was considered endangered. The island had abundant Eucalyptus at that time. With no natural enemies, the local Eucalyptus population was depleted. It's either control the population of Koalas by sterilization or watch deforestation happen. It seems they did the right thing - which still may not work, time will tell. Austalia has a habit of inadvertently introducing non-resident species to help combat other "overgrown" epidemics. Just witness their rat and feral cat problems over the last couple of decades.

[Hello]

milwaukee69 wrote:

<quoted text>
Koalas are not an invasive species - they were introduced to the island when the Koala was considered endangered. The island had abundant Eucalyptus at that time. With no natural enemies, the local Eucalyptus population was depleted. It's either control the population of Koalas by sterilization or watch deforestation happen. It seems they did the right thing - which still may not work, time will tell. Austalia has a habit of inadvertently introducing non-resident species to help combat other "overgrown" epidemics. Just witness their rat and feral cat problems over the last couple of decades.

yeah I guess thats probably the only solution for now,