Fans of Bart Simpson will recognise the saying “Don’t have a cow, man”! Many a Koala may have wished for that.
A Queensland study is being carried out to investigate whether cows pose a threat to the struggling koala population.
Vets, farmers and wildlife carers – say cows have been trampling koalas, killing them or leaving them seriously injured.
University of Queensland PhD candidate Alex Jiang is using a plush toy koala on a remote control car to monitor interactions between cattle and koalas.
