Koalas under threat by the chlamydia virus

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In a small animal hospital on Queensland’s Gold Coast, doctors are working to loosen the grip chlamydia has on Australia’s koala population. Experts estimate around half of the koalas in Queensland and New South Wales could be infected with the disease, and it’s having disastrous effects on the number of animals left in the wild. But there’s hope in vaccines, which are showing positive signs.