Fertility Management of Koalas, Kangaroos and Wallabies

这项工作的目的是在大量袋鼠和考拉身上测试一种市售的长效避孕药，并设计出有效、经济和实用的方法将这些避孕药输送给动物。结果将是一个控制这些动物数量的系统，这在经济上是现实的，并且为国家和国际社会所接受。这种避孕方法是在颈部后方皮下植入一个小避孕环。它可以很快插入，没有有害的副作用。进一步的结果可能是它在世界其他地区的采用，对制造它的公司有利。

The aims of this work are to test a commercially available long-acting contraceptive on large populations of kangaroos and koalas, and to devise efficient, economic and practical ways of delivering these contraceptives to the animals. The outcome will be a system of controlling the number of these animals which is economically realistic and acceptable to national and international communities. The contraceptive is administered as a small, subcutaneous implant in the back of the neck. It can be inserted very quickly and has no harmful side effects. A further outcome may be its adoption in other parts of the world, to the advantage of the company which manufactures it.