Koala in the Blackall Range, Montville, c 1931. The Brisbane Courier 7 December 1931 Re-establishing the Koala. 21751252 ) One of the difficulties to the re-establishment of the native bear (the Koala), throughout the States of Australia matter in which the Wild Life Preservation Society takes the keenest interest-is the misapprehension, which is widespread, that there are only one or two kinds of eucalyptus or gum tree suited to its palate, it is true that the Koala is far more restricted in its dietary scale than the possum, for instance, and that in a patch of forest there may be only tw
Koala in the Blackall Range, Montville, c 1931. The Brisbane Courier 7 December 1931 Re-establishing the Koala. 21751252 ) One of the difficulties to the re-establishment of the native bear (the Koala), throughout the States of Australia matter in which the Wild Life Preservation Society takes the keenest interest-is the misapprehension, which is widespread, that there are only one or two kinds of eucalyptus or gum tree suited to its palate, it is true that the Koala is far more restricted in its dietary scale than the possum, for instance, and that in a patch of forest there may be only two or three varieties of gum that suit it. In its native condition, however, as known originally in Eastern Australia, the native bear was. distributed over a very large area in parts affected by very many distinct species of eucalypts. The Wild Life Preservation Society has been trying to secure small supplies of wild Koala for liberation in suitable localities, but hitherto with no conspicuous success. By doing so the society feels that it should be possible to establish again the little animals in the bushland in which they were once abundant, but from which they have been driven away, either by encroaching settlement or by deliberate destruction.
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