Koalas Threatened with AIDS-like Epidemic: Extinction Looms
Wildlife experts fear that the spread of an AIDS-like virus could force already threatened koalas into extinction.
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations are in serious decline - victims of habitat loss, domestic dog predation, vehicular deaths, and bushfires.
Sadly, a new and deadly danger is facing the iconic koala: The koala retrovirus.



