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Video shows injured koala’s ‘avoidable’ death in tunnel
The death of an injured koala, captured on surveillance video inside a tunnel in the state’s north, shows current measures to protect the iconic … [follow link to original story…]

NSW Government’s ‘road kill files’ reveal how state’s dwindling koala population is under threat
Special tunnels, bridges and fencing are failing to save New South Wales’ dwindling koala population from speeding traffic, the state’s “road kill” files … [follow link to original story…]

What should you do if you hit a koala?
KOALA breeding season has started, bringing many koala fatalities on our local roads. We are seeking community support to raise awareness that all … [follow link to original story…]

Koala gets own seat on flight to Scotland
Plane passengers flying to Edinburgh had a surprise Antipodean traveller in their cabin – a koala heading for the city’s zoo. The 19-month-old … [follow link to original story…]

Featherdale Wildlife Park crucial in Koala Genome Project
Featherdale Wildlife Park played a key role in a groundbreaking project to map the koala’s genome for the first time, as scientists look to create new … [follow link to original story…]

Wildlife carers in Port Macquarie for Koala Rehabilitation Workshop.
The topics include capture and handling, enclosure design, koala behaviour, population dynamics, diseases, drug therapies and treatments, bushfires … [follow link to original story…]

Heading to extinction: Koalas on the brink
There are only 30,000 koalas left in NSW according to the NSW state government yet they are bringing in new land clearing laws that will open up … [follow link to original story…]