Don't koalas die if they are re-located?

This is a myth that we are particularly keen to de-bunk.  Recent research carried out by the Australian Wildlife Hospital in Queensland, which includes 5 separate radio-telemetry studies on translocated koalas, concluded that koalas do not die as a result of translocation and disperse and establish home ranges in a manner that suggests that there is little competition for space with resident koalas. The important point to underline though is that the translocation needs to be conducted by koala experts. 

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