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Koalas prosperity

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-30 16:21

Wildlife officer Michelle Burridge cuddles 10-month-old koala joey Sapphire produced by artificial insemination at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Gold Coast October 30, 2006. Australian scientists unveiled three test-tube koala joeys on Monday as part of an artificial insemination programme to preserve the vulnerable mammal. [Reuters]