Word: koala
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...read your koala article with interest & approval...
...State of Victoria has provided a sanctuary for the koala on Phillip Island in Great Western Bay near the most southeasterly tip of the continent. Although almost extinct on the mainland the "bears" have done very well in their island home and lately have become so numerous that it has been necessary to remove many of them to adjacent spots...
...take heart, American lovers of the koala. Their plight has been recognized by the Victorian Government and it will be a long, long time before they join the legions of species extinguished by the greed...
...might mention that Captain Hannegan (as kind and considerate a person as I ever met) and Dr. Chandler Smith, ship's surgeon, pinched the wild koala on the ear gently and the little bear just sat down and wept...
...noted (TIME, Nov. 16, Nov. 30) "that though no espouser of Causes, TIME will gladly transmit to Naturalist Burnet Mrs. Schroeder's $50." This appreciation of Australia's native bear, the koala, is creditable alike to Mrs. Schroeder's heart and TIME'S courtesy. American dollars are acceptable in Australia, if received in the form of payment for Australian goods, but may I suggest that the $50 in question be applied to the preservation of American animal and bird life? Australians are not neglecting their koalas...