article_snippet: Hundreds of koalas have been killed in secret by wildlife officials in Victoria due to concerns over starvation in a key habitat.
article_snippet: Animal activists are furious and have condemned the government for Animal activists 'cruel' treatment of koalas and questioned why the program was conducted in secret.
article_snippet: Hundreds of koalas have been killed in secret by wildlife officials in Victoria due to concerns over starvation .
article_snippet: Koalas suffering starvation is said to have occurred in secret to avoid a backlash from activists and locals.
article_snippet: The Australian government over my whole career has said there will never be a cull in Australia ever. '
article_snippet: Australian Koala Foundation chief Deborah Tabart OAM questioned why the program was conducted in secret . '
article_snippet: The cull is said to have occurred in secret to avoid a backlash from activists and locals .
highlights_snippet: Hundreds of koalas have been killed in secret by wildlife officials .
  
highlights_snippet: Animal activists are furious  and have slammed the government .