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AUSTRALIA KOALA11 CULL12 KOALAS
澳洲無尾熊 恐遭撲殺

　A  group  of koalas gather atop13 a fence14 in this undated file photo. Authorities15 in South Australia state rejected calls from conservationists16 to cull thousands of koalas that are stripping17 trees on an island, saying it would spark18 a damaging19 tourist backlash,20 Monday, March 1, 2004. South Australia Environment Minister21 John Hill said the state's tourism industry22 would be savaged23 by the bad publicity24 such a cull would bring.  

　這張拍攝日期不詳的檔案照片顯示，一群無尾熊聚集在圍牆上。環境保育人員要求撲殺島上數千隻攀折樹木的無尾熊；二○○四年三月一日，南澳省有關當局駁斥：此一行動將招致觀光業界強烈反彈。南澳環境部長約翰‧希爾說，撲殺行動一旦被大肆宣染、惡名昭彰，勢必遏殺當地觀光業。