article_snippet: The seemingly light-hearted comment on Russian embassy in Australia's Facebook page refers to the G20 summit in Brisbane, but a koala was carried out in Victoria.
article_snippet: Russian embassy in Australia posted this status on Facebook yesterday showing Facebook concern after news of the koala cull that happened in 2013 and 2014 .
article_snippet: a koala reads: 'Hope in the number of euthanised koalas did not get those animals that leaders at the G20 Summit in Brisbane were photographed with.'
article_snippet: Victoria's Environment Minister Lisa Neville said on Wednesday that the state government had asked experts to advise on the management of koalas at Cape Otway, about 230km southwest of Melbourne.
article_snippet: Victoria's Environment Minister Lisa Neville wouldn't rule out future koala culls, if recommended by the expert panel but said in the future future koala culls wouldn’t be kept secret. '
article_snippet: I want somebody charged,' Australian Koala Foundation chief Deborah Tabart OAM said. '
article_snippet: Australian Koala Foundation chief Deborah Tabart OAM questioned why the program was conducted in secret . '
article_snippet: And if they are so proud of what they were doing why was the program done in secret?' Koala expert Dr Desley Whisson, who advised the government on the program, said that the objective was to humanely deal with suffering koalas rather than reduce population size.
article_snippet: Koala expert Dr Desley Whisson, who advised the government on the euthanasia program, stressed that the objective was to humanely deal with suffering koalas rather than reduce population size .
article_snippet: Victorian Environment Minister Lisa Neville said Victorian Environment Minister Lisa Neville was putting in place a koala management program to deal with the 'a very challenging and complex issue'. '
article_snippet: The koala is listed as 'vulnerable' in New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT and as 'rare' in South Australia but The koala has no official listing in Victoria.
highlights_snippet: Russian embassy in Australia posted Russian embassy in Australia koala concern on Facebook .
  