Chlamydia and cars threaten Australian koalas

The Manila Times

Chlamydia and cars threaten Australian koalas  Expanding cities, land clearance and the spread of chlamydia in particular are devastating the populations of one of Australia's most iconic animals. But scientists are hopeful: 'The chlamydia vaccine research will probably be quite pivotal for populations that we're trying to protect from the disease of infertility.'  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #koala  #australia

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00:00It's hard, it's hard at times, you know, seeing what we see, you know, day in, day

00:28after day, night after night, being called at all hours of the morning, as I said, those

00:3340 koalas that have been hit on Appen Road in the last two years, I've pretty much pulled

00:37every single one of those bodies off the road or taken them to the vet to be, you know,

00:41to die.

00:42It's huge, it's a massive toll.

01:12A large number of the populations have chlamydia within them.

01:27There's one really significant population in southwest Sydney, which is chlamydia free,

01:32and that's the population that everybody's very jealously guarding to try and ensure

01:36that they remain a fertile population.

01:42I'm just going to flush this out.

01:49The only person that matters, well you are the only person, the rest are stuck.

02:12The chlamydia vaccine research will probably be quite pivotal for populations that we're

02:24trying to protect from the disease of infertility, if you like.

02:28I think while it seems doom and gloom at the moment, we can afford to be a little bit positive

02:32and say we still have the potential to make this right.

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