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Friends of the Koala Care Coordinators Report 5-6-09 to 17-8-09

Submitted by fok on Tue, 2009-09-08 14:48.

Care Coordinators Report

Statistics for Koalas for the period 5/6/09 – 17/8/09

109 koalas have been reported to FOK for the above period. This is a decrease of 23 koalas from the last period mainly in the number of diseased koalas being reported.

 

 

In Care

Released

Died

Dead on Arrival

Euth.

Advice

HBC (12)

3

 

2

5

 

2

Dog attack (4)

 

1

2

 

1

 

Trauma (6)

2

 

 

 

4

 

Diseased/Sick (32)

6

3

2

1

12

8

Health status unknown (15)

2

 

 

5

 

8

Healthy (22)

 

2

 

 

 

20

Orphans (18)

 

14

4

 

 

 

 

Totals (109)

27

10

6

11

17

38

 

There have been a few odd rescues including a very sad case of a 600g joey being whipped snippered. Unfortunately this poor little boys injuries were too great to treat and he was euthanased.

It is interesting to note there has been a significant decrease in diseased koalas being reported however the increase in trauma cases including dog attacks and koala hit by cars is disturbing. One night in August was particularly distressing with two dogs attacks coming into care within minutes of one another.

On the brighter side several of last year's orphans have now been released and three are almost ready to go at our new release site. Jenny Graham has finished building her pre release enclosure up in the Tweed Shire. It looks great. Her three boys should be ready to all go back to the wild in the next month or so. Thanks to both Jenny and her husband for putting all that hard work into building the pen.

Two more koalas have been released with radio tracking collars. Carrie was released onto the Golf Course in Lismore but is now hanging around Albert Park School. Pinnochio was released into Clifford Park Goonellabah and is still there. There are now four collars left.  With the number of koalas that have come into care in the last few weeks I don’t think it is going to take long to find koalas for them.

If there is anyone interested in becoming part of the radio tracking team please contact me. It is fairly intense for the first few weeks after release but once that has settled down it is just a matter of going out once a week in your own time to find your koala. Most people have chosen to take on a particular koala themselves which they commit to tracking each week. Tracking usually takes around an hour depending on how much the koala has moved around. A certain degree of physical fitness is necessary.

Submitted by Care Coordinator Barb Dobner