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Last Updated: Tuesday November 10 2009 17:08 GMT

Koalas in trouble in Australia

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Experts say koalas are at risk of extinction unless something is done to help them.

The Australian Koala Foundation said a survey shows the population could have halved in the last six years, falling from 100,000 to 43,000.

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