LEGO,

They are no relation to bears, mate; but yes, they are a damn nuisance on KI, where they were INTRODUCED from Queensland or some such place where they reached plague proportions. They are cute, and nobody likes to see them burnt. But cute and cuddly should be left to children; adults need to start acting like adults and start telling econuts to pee off.

Yep ateday

I did get a bit carried away giving whales a green light for the use of plague.

And I one hundred percent agree, humans appear to be an unstoppable plague on this earth.

Since God died last century, humans are now perched at the apex of the pecking order, with only themselves as their own worst enemy. In time, that paradox should have comforting outcomes, leaving over-populationists satisfied.
After all, what could possibly go wrong with Trump and China trading blows.

Dan

Under new Chinese management they'll probably be eaten.
Our tyranny of experts is taking us there.

Intriguing how the number of ecological problems seem to grow along with funding for the study of ecological problems.

Koalas in SA aren't endangered. They've started moving into the Adelaide suburbs, much like the roos did in Canberra.

There are some endangered koala populations in the eastern states, due to loss of habitat. But pretending they're headed for extinction is a terrible distraction from the less charismatic animals that are actually in danger of extinction.

Pigs will fly before koalas become extinct.
https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2020/07/koalas-versus-experts/
http://joannenova.com.au/2020/07/koalas-extinct-no-chance-its-just-another-man-made-boom-n-bust-cycle/
you should get an education Binoy

Indeed Little. In that article Vic correctly raises the point of numbers going up and down with the food supply. Normal for all species.
Improve a bit of pasture and the browsing animal numbers explode.
Same happens with introduced species.
For a number of years after calici was released feral cats seemed to be increasing in number but now they've dropped back off. Probably more a case of needing to find another food source made the cats more visible until their numbers dropped from the loss of their easy food supply.