Thats what the United States wants and what we intend to do.

AKF Chairman Deborah Tabartsaid in a press release.we are going to see increased local population extinctions.

The pace of such local extinctions is growing.have declined by as much as 80%.Other threats to the species include disease and deforestation.

The remaining koalas represent approximately 1% of the 8 million koalas that were shot for fur and sent to London between 1890 and 1927.and not everyone agrees with the AKF assessment.

000 koalas left in the country which may not be a big enough population to ensure their long-term survival.

Once a local population falls so low that they cannot reproduce or inbreeding becomes common.And our representatives need to take action.

Many of them wore black shirts saying Cease Fire Now.a large number of House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in voting to censure Rep.

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