Friends of the Koala is a non-profit community group run by volunteers dedicated to conserving koalas in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.

Volunteer rehabilitators operate a 24 hour rescue service for sick, injured and orphaned koalas. Koalas are cared for in home care or at the Koala Care Centre on Rifle Range Rd, Lismore, NSW. Critically ill koalas are transferred to the Australian Wildlife Hospital in Beerwah, QLD.

A native plant nursery is attached to the Care Centre providing koala food trees for free to local landholders. The proceeds from other native plant sales go towards the cost of koala care.

Friends of the Koala plays an active role in promoting habitat restoration in the Northern Rivers Region. This includes encouraging landholders to commit to new plantings and maintaining and looking after remnant vegetation.

The group supports research, in particular in the prevalence of disease in koala populations and in mapping current koala populations and their distribution.

There are lots of way that you can help FOK continue its ongoing care of koalas.

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Friends of the Koala

Thanks our Major Supporters

 

 

Kevin

Submitted by fok on Thu, 2009-01-01 17:05.

Kevin was called into Friends of the Koala after being spotted continually calling for him mum for over a day. His mother had been sighted two days prior with lots of flies around her. It is likely she was septic and died but was not found. Kevin was brought into care as he was only 1.7kg so too small to be in the wild without his mother.

No Christmas Cheer for Region's Koalas

Submitted by fok on Thu, 2009-01-01 12:52.

Friends of the Koala

Media Release

29 December 2008

 

Seven koalas received help from the Friends of the Koala from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day and advice was provided for several others. Sadly, of the seven koalas attended, all were diseased including several with leukaemia, a disease which appears to be more common in koalas on the Northern Rivers than other areas of Australia.

Hayley

Submitted by fok on Wed, 2008-12-31 17:08.

Hayley was only 505g when her mother was killed by a dog and then dragged under a house. Hayley was still hanging onto her mothers back so it was fortunate the dogs owner pulled both the mother and joey out from under the house and called Friends of the Koala.

Three Koalas with Tags all in the One Tree

Submitted by fok on Wed, 2008-12-17 21:44.

Tuesday December 16th we had a phone call on our 24 hour Rescue Hotline to say that a small koala was 'hanging  over the roadway' on Invercauld Road Goonellabah a suburb of Lismore.

Second Koala to be Radio Tracked

Submitted by fok on Thu, 2008-11-27 11:19.

Ashley is the second koala to be released with a radio tracking collar. He is part of a radio tracking study involving Friends of the Koala, Lismore City Council and Southern Cross University.

Barbie - A success story of a young koala after she was caught on barbed wire

Submitted by fok on Tue, 2008-09-30 10:38.

After 4 months of intensive care, in the capable hands of vet Claude at the Australian Wildlife Hospital, Barbie has returned to Friends of the Koala ready for release.

Armidale Koala Having a Drink

Submitted by fok on Tue, 2008-09-30 10:14.

Friends of the Koala does not cover the Armidale area but we often get enquires to the website regarding koalas spotted outside the area our license covers.

The following series of photos were sent to us by Natash Naude. They were taken of a koala having a drink on the University of New England Campus on September 19. Natasha was wondering if this behaviour was normal as it is commonly thought koalas do not drink.

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