Starving Vic koalas to be culled, moved

Further culls, fertility controls and health assessments will be made on koalas in Victoria's Cape Otway region as the population continues to struggle.

Victoria's koalas are struggling and the government is about to embark on more culling and fertility controls.

Wildlife officers will begin another two weeks of population management in Cape Otway from next Monday, and may ship some koalas interstate to areas where numbers are in decline.

An assessment in May led to 29 of 100 assessed koalas being put down because they were starving and in poor health.


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