Researchers propose trial to protect native animals by leasing them privately. Under the proposal, animals such as koalas, Tasmanian devils, bettongs and brush-tailed rock wallabies could find homes on golf courses, hobby … [follow link to original story…]
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Drones enlisted in battle to save koalas
Tweed’s koala experts, together with those from Logan and Gold Coast councils, are working with a multi-disciplinary team of QUT researchers and … [follow link to original story…]
Stop The Koala Killing Law
A new land clearing law could bulldoze 8 million hectares of Australian forest that our koalas depend on to survive. A new report says it could push … [follow link to original story…]
Hitch-hiking koala helped across the road by police
Constable John Franklin from Mackay’s Road Policing Unit was patrolling on the Peak Downs Hwy recently when he saw this koala on the side of the … [follow link to original story…]
Kuranda’s Rainforestation Nature Park welcomes koala joey
THE first baby koala born at Kuranda’s Rainforestation Nature Park this year has her mum and human carers wrapped around her tiny paws. The still … [follow link to original story…]
Bonds formed through koala rescue, care
Aurino in action. Photos of Hunter Koala Preservation Society care and rescue … Mrs Aurino is also one of the few carers who handle koalas requiring [follow link to original story…]
Bruiser returns home
Bruiser the koala goes homeThe release of Bruiser the koala at Gunnedah Leather Processors after a year in the care of WIRES volunteer Martine [follow link to original story…]
25th Anniversary Landcare Grants 2014/2015
FOK received $19,070 for this project, completed in June 2016, which is the first stage in a strategic approach to facilitate koala movement between Lismore’s urban and rural populations. Friends of the Koala (FOK) will work with Lismore City Council (LCC), Southern Cross University (SCU) & private landowners to restore koala corridors through natural area … Read more
The Green Army
Friends of the Koala in the past supported, and were actively involved in, Green Army projects that enhance koala habitat across our Region. In 2014 for the first time we applied for Green Army projects in our own right as this way we could determine the priority areas for FOK. Click here environment.gov.au/land/green-army to read … Read more
