Straddie koalas almost disease free

By Brian Williams
Updated July 4 2016 - 11:00am, first published June 28 2016 - 1:00pm
ORPHAN JOEY: An orphaned koala joey clings on to a surrogate mum. They are vulnerable at this age.
ORPHAN JOEY: An orphaned koala joey clings on to a surrogate mum. They are vulnerable at this age.

A LONG term wildlife carer has warned that introducing mainland koalas to North Stradbroke Island as some sort of sanctuary would be an environmental disaster.