Our Adopt A Wild Koala Program is the major source of fund raising for the Koala Hospital.

The koalas offered for adoption are real koalas who have been admitted to our hospital, successfully treated, tagged, microchipped and then released back into the wild. The names of those koalas are listed in the adopton program.

By sharing in the adoption of a wild koala you will receive an adoption package which consists of a Certificate of Adoption that has the photo of the adopted koala on the front, the name of the person adopting the koala, the name of the koala and the date of adoption.

As well as the Certificate the package also contains a story about your adopted koala, a vinyl sticker with the KPS Logo and the words ‘"I Have Adopted A Wild Koala’, a Koala Hospital bumper sticker, a coloured pamphlet about the Hospital and a booklet about koalas.

At the time of adoption you also receive the latest edition of our newsletter ‘Gum Tips’ – for future editions they are available online on our website – www.koalahospital.org.au. There are 4 editions each year.

The cost of an adoption is AU$50 per year plus $5 for international postage.

Your adoption helps with the rescue and treatment of sick and injured koalas and release back to home range where possible; also the preservation and expansion of habitat, collection of information for research relating to habitat, disease, nutrition and habits of wild koalas and to provide educational material, to increase public awareness of all aspects of the koala.

Occasionally, an adopted koala returns to us and, despite our very best efforts, does not survive. Should this happen to a koala you have adopted, we will advise you of this when the adoption comes up for renewal and hope that you understand that such sad events are out of our control. Your support helps us in our ongoing work to save more koalas.

Browse through the list of Koalas currently available for adoption, select and click on the Koala you wish to adopt which will take you to our adoption form, where you will be able to choose your preferred method of payment.