Re: What is the drug called that they are giving to Koalas for birth control?

Hi there

A contraceptive pill for koalas? No!

Yes, Koalas in Australia are running out of habitat - that's the most 
important problem facing them currently. Habitat is being fragmented, and 
koala populations are dwindling.

However, there is no contraceptive pill for koalas being distributed. The 
logistics of this make my mind boggle (who's going to pay for some poor 
lacky to climb every Eucalypt tree in Australia to force a pill down an 
angry koala's throat?). There's very little funding being given to koalas 
currently, let alone money for pill manufacture and distribution.

Further, we're running out of koalas - the last thing we want to do is 
limit the breeding. Some populations are getting very small, so the risk 
of genetic inbreeding is getting high.

And no one is shooting/culling koalas - all native animals in Australia 
are protected. Except dingos on Fraser Island...

A great deal of information on the plight of Australia's koalas is 
available from the Australian Koala Foundation: http://www.akfkoala.gil.com.au/index.html