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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's iconic kangaroos and koalas could be shot with birth control darts under a program to control booming populations struggling to survive in the country's worst drought in a century. Sydney's Macquarie University has won a five-year A$1.4 million grant to examine a contraceptive and ways to insert it under the skin of wild kangaroos and koalas to provide up to two years' protection against pregnancy. Australia's wild kangaroo population, conservatively estimated at more than 57 million, has wreaked havoc in country Australia, destroying grazing lands and competing for food with sheep and cattle...
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