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Koalas and dogs – how to be a responsible pet owner

Tips for dog owners Check trees for Koalas before leaving dogs unattended in your yard If a Koala enters your yard, put your dog inside your house or garage until the Koala has left In addition to the danger of attack, Koalas are very easily stressed by dogs Don’t...

Threats to the Koala

PROJECT TIPThink of some ideas which could help in reducing the amount of bushland which is cut down. Since Europeans first settled in Australia in 1788, Australia’s eucalyptus forests have been vanishing at an alarming rate. More than four fifths of original Koala...

Trees for Koalas

The Australian Koala Foundation is proud to release an updated version of our National Koala Tree Planting List. Rather than publish the full Koala Tree list, we have decided to make things easier for those simply wanting to plant trees for Koalas. Our researchers...

Koala Habitat

'Habitat' refers to the types of bushland that Koalas like to live in. They are found in a range of habitats, from coastal islands and tall eucalypt forests to low inland woodlands. Today they do not live in rainforest, although it is thought that millions of years...

Frequently asked questions

  *You can also use our SEARCH facility (top right) to find the information you need. How endangered is the Koala? Is it at risk of extinction? How many Koalas remain? The Australian Koala Foundation’s (AKF) research indicates that the Koala is in trouble and...

How koalas live, socialise & communicate

KOALAS LIVE IN HOME RANGES Koalas live in complex social groups. Contrary to popular opinion, they are not migratory animals, but highly territorial. In stable breeding groups, individual members of Koala society maintain their own "home range" areas. In the...

The Koalas’ Diet & Digestion

The Koala is the only mammal, other than the Greater Glider and Ringtail Possum, which can survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus leaves are very fibrous and low in nutrition, and to most animals are extremely poisonous. To cope with such a diet, nature...

Adopt Waratah & Twig

Waratah & Twig are wild Koalas, and represent all the Koalas living free in the bush today. Waratah and Twig and all their friends like nothing more than to munch peacefully on gum leaves in the top of the eucalypt trees, undisturbed by humanity.

Adopt Wattle

Wattle is a wild koala, and represents all the koalas living free in the bush today. Wattle and all her friends like nothing more than to munch peacefully on gum leaves in the top of the eucalypt trees, undisturbed by humanity.

18th January 2012

Happy New Year! Thank you for my Christmas cards. Mum read them to me and there is now a new sign on the office door because I am not really a puppy anymore. Thank you Peter! You always remember me. I am going to be 2 this year and it is good that I am growing up...

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