Are koalas functionally extinct?

The World

Dr. Chris Draper, from the Born Free Foundation, claims that the news that koalas are “functionally extinct” is a stretch. He speaks with Host Marco Werman about what conservationists should focus their efforts on for the 80,000 or so koalas left in Australia. 

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