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The article reports on the breeding program for the endangered Asian elephant undertaken by the Australian zoos. It reports on Thomas Hildebrandt, the world expert on elephant reproduction at Berlin's Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research in Germany who states that the Australian breeding program is the most successful in the world. It reports on the artificial insemination process through which the breeding takes place.

Focuses on the first koala which was conceived through artificial insemination by researchers at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and the University of Queensland on May 11, 1998. Objectives of the University of Sydney and its allied organizations to use the technology in reproducing marsupial.