article_snippet: a koala follows news that 686 koalas were put down near Victoria's Great Ocean Road in 2013 and 2014, an operation carried out in secret to avoid a backlash from activists and locals.
article_snippet: Wildlife officers captured and euthanised 686 koalas, reportedly by lethal injection, in response to overpopulation and starvation in the area's manna gum woodlands.
article_snippet: Hundreds of koalas have been killed in secret by wildlife officials in Victoria due to concerns over starvation .
article_snippet: the state government euthanised 686 koalas at Cape Otway, about 230km southwest of Melbourne Melbourne .
article_snippet: Cape Otway koalas were reportedly killed via lethal injection after being captured in trees.
article_snippet: Australian Koala Foundation chief Deborah Tabart OAM said Australian Koala Foundation chief Deborah Tabart OAM had heard rumours that koalas were being killed but had never had proof until now. '
article_snippet: The koalas, many of which were starving, were killed via lethal injection after being captured in tree . '
highlights_snippet: But the hundreds of koalas were killed in secret in Victoria .
  