Every year, Taronga sends its staff to assist other conservation organisations around Australia and internationally. From vet staff and carpenters to IT personnel and marketing experts, these staff members come from all areas of our organisation. Recently, two Taronga volunteers ventured into the field with the team from Science for Wildlife Ltd to assist with tracking and collecting vital data on koalas. The project has revealed some fascinating results – check out our interview with Science fo

KOALA RESCUE Inc received a call from a most concerned member of the public, who reported that they had found a koala on the ground at the base of a tree. However, there was also a second koala involved. On arrival the rescuer located both a deceased adult female koala and a second adult male koala. It is always devastating to attend a rescue involving a deceased koala, but it was even more heartbreaking to witness the male koala actually holding and hugging the deceased koala. This type of beha