This is incredible news for all of us in Australia and worldwide who are fighting to protect Australia’s endangered species! In Victoria and Western Australia, native forest logging will end by 2024, six years earlier than previously planned. This is a major win for wildlife and humans alike. Australia’s Native Forests Australia’s native forests are … Read more
Projects & Campaigns
Ruthven University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) koala vaccination project
Research projects are essential in helping us to understand koala health and biology and how to provide long-term protection of koalas in the wild. We are excited to participate in a new collaborative research project with the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) and the Department of Planning and Environment vaccinating wild koalas at Ruthven, … Read more
Coraki Planting Project
Friends of the Koala is excited to have received a grant from the Australian Government for its ‘Hanging out at East Coraki: Koalas thriving in an agricultural landscape’ – project and to be running the first Community Tree Planting Day on Saturday May 20th. The area is being overpopulated. The koalas survive on food trees … Read more
Introducing Joey Buddies
a subscription full of koala facts, games and mischief from the joey koalas at Friends of the Koala
Research & Diagnostics Laboratory
We are incredibly excited to be able to announce that we are very close to opening a brand new Research & Diagnostics Laboratory! The new lab will enable us to maximise the potential for rescued koalas to be accurately treated for disease in our hospital with in-depth, rapid diagnostic information to support disease control and … Read more
Life-changing Legacy
Creating a will is a great way to ensure your possessions go where you want them to, so the people you love are well looked after. And while you are doing this, you could choose to include a gift to a charity or cause of your choice. You may be aware that in Australia we … Read more
FOK Koala Hospital and Koala Care Centre
Based in East Lismore, we operate the only dedicated Koala Hospital in the region in addition to running an Education and Administration Centre and a Community Nursery. Our Koala Hospital treats more koalas than any other koala hospital on the East Coast of Australia and offers 24/7 care with a veterinary team sponsored by IFAW … Read more
Every Koala Counts
“Every Koala Counts” documentary selected for International Social Change Film Festival in Los Angeles Late last year Friends of the Koala commenced production of the FOK history project as part of its activity to celebrate a 35-year history that has tended to over 5,000 sick, injured and orphaned koalas, released 30% of them back to the … Read more
Update: Flood Affected Koala Food Tree Plantations
The 2022 flooding event impacted six of our seven plantations. Since the end of February, the plantation maintenance team have been working two mornings per week to clear flood debris and ensure access is possible for the leaf harvesters to collect food for the koalas in care. Each plantation was affected on differing scales, our … Read more
2019-2020 NSW Bushfires – Koala rescue & Rehabilitation Publication
As data coordinator, I was thrilled to take the opportunity to work with Dr Dan Lunney, Honorary Scientific Fellow at the DPE. Through some funding, a project was set up to examine data around koala rescues, rehabilitation and release. One of the data sets used for this project was the extensive Friends of the Koala data. While … Read more
