Threats
Land Clearing is the most harmful to the Koala. Since European settlement, approximately 80% of Australia's eucalypt forests have been destroyed. Of the remaining 20% almost none is protected and most occurs on privately-owned land.
OTHER THREATS
Today the natural predators of the koala do not make a significant impact on the population.They include goannas dingoes, powerful owls, wedge-tailed eagles, and pythons, all of which are most likely to prey upon juvenile koalas.
Foxes have been blamed for preying upon young koalas when their mother descends to the ground to change trees, and large feral cats may also be a problem for young koalas. Cars also play a large roll.
Long droughts also have an effect on the Koala population.
