Sydney - Animal rights activists are fighting a plan by South Australia's National Parks and Wildlife Service to kill or remove 2,000 koalas on an island near Adelaide to halt a potentially disastrous population explosion. A state government spokesman said the present population of 5,000 animals was quickly stripping the island's eucalyptus trees of leaves - the creatures' main diet. AP
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