11 Ways to Help Koalas
The 3rd May 2025 is Wild Koala Day. In 2025, it's more important than ever, because it's the Federal Election day in Australia. PLEASE show politicians you care about the koalas and the environment when you vote! #KoalaElection #wildkoaladay Find out more here |
The 27th September is Save the Koala Day and the amazing country music sensation and Koala ambassador Andy Penkow has joined forces with the Australian Koala Foundation to bring you "Heavy on Me". The song encourages us all to stand up and speak for the animals who have no voice. You can listen to "Heavy on Me" here. So how can you help koalas? Wherever you are in the world, there is something you can do. 1. Join in the mission to help koalas 2. Know what’s going on 3. Give koalas some habitat - Plant a tree You could sponsor a forest or an acre for koalas. Bangalow Koalas is aiming to plant half a million trees by the end of 2025 - they are well on the way to achieving it, so find out how you can help. Grow a forest for yourself with Save the Koala or perhaps in memory of a koala lover or nature lover. You could donate to the Conservation Fund with Koala Conservation Australia! 4. Landowners - why not grow trees for koalas on your property? Save the Koala has a lot of helpful information about what trees to plant. Friends of the Koala have information too so that you can help restore koala habitat and you can buy trees from them for $1. Koalas need certain sorts of tree. Koalas in Care have tips on where to plant and not to plant trees. Businesses, why not have a team building day helping with a tree planting? This could be great PR for your comapny and give employees something meaningful and different to do. Join in the mission to save koalas with Koala Conservation Australia 5. Protect the habitat that’s there already 6. Be a voice for koalas 7. Be political! 8. Join the Koala Army 9. Volunteer 10. Donate to support koala charities in their missions You can make a straight donation, or donate to an appeal; but you could also do something as a gift for a loved one, such as making a donation on their behalf, or adopting a koala. Save the Koala has an adoption scheme, as does the Koala Hospital You could also donate to vaccinate a koala. One of the things koalas really get hit hard by is Koala chlamydia - Friends of the Koala say 60% of the koalas who come into their hospital have this disease and 7 out of 10 don't make it, so it is well worth vaccinating them. They are looking to raise $75,000 and vaccinate all the koalas they release into the wild. Find out more here. 10. Make a note of dates for your diary
11. Sign the petition to help save koalas Urge the New South Wales Government of Australia to classify koalas as endangered with IFAW. Finally, we can all be more environmentally friendly in life. The Australian Koala Foundation pointed out that there are 8 billion of us on this planet. If every single person did one small thing for the planet – that would be 8 billion people making a small change or doing something to make a difference. That would add up to quite an incredible effort!
Please think about wildlife at home and when you’re out and about The wildfires mean exhausting and heart-breaking work for all those people who are discovering koalas, dead or alive. Koalas climb trees in a wildfire. If they climb high enough, the fire may pass below them. But wildfires are devastating for trees. Consequently many koalas have died, and many more have been burnt, thirsty and all sorts of injuries. The people helping koalas need to know we are all behind them and support their efforts, heart-breaking though they must be. Koalas are very particular about the trees they eat, so it is all the more devastating for them when these trees are destroyed in fire. Find out more here about some of the impact of the 2019 bushfires in Australia. |