Your donation will help fund important research, conservation and education programs as well as wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

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If you're interested in helping to protect and preserve Phillip Island's unique flora and fauna, there are plenty of engaging ways to get involved!

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Symbolically adopting a wild animal on Phillip Island means you will become their official guardian. Your single, monthly or yearly donation will help to protect the species and their habitats today and for years to come.

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Koala

Meet the Koala - an iconic, sleepy, tree-hugging marsupial.

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Little Penguin

Meet the Little Penguin - adorably awkward on land, top predator in the ocean.

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Australian Fur Seal

Meet the Australian Fur Seal - playful sentinels of the seas.

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Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Meet the Eastern Barred Bandicoot - ecosystem engineer extraordinaire.

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Hooded Plover

Meet the Hooded Plover - a seaside specialist in camouflage and deception.

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Short-Tailed Shearwater

Meet the Short-tailed Shearwater - master of trans-equatorial migration.

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Little Penguins - About Us - Penguin Foundation - Phillip Island

About the Foundation

The Penguin Foundation raises funds to enhance Phillip Island's natural environment and protect native wildlife through research, conservation and education programs, carried out by Phillip Island Nature Parks.

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Oct 20, 2020

The benefits of using knitted jumpers when rehabilitating oiled little penguins

Over the past 30 years, Phillip Island Nature Parks has developed protocols on how to treat oil affected little penguins...

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Oct 2, 2020

This magic wand helps save wildlife after oil spills

The Penguin Foundation is very proud to have helped fund the development of this exciting technology that's set to revolutionise the way in which oiled wildlife (such as Little Penguins) are cleaned.

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Sep 30, 2020

Saving Australian Fur Seals one entanglement at a time

It is estimated over 300 seals may become entangled in marine debris at Seal Rocks every year.

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Jan 14, 2021

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A message to our wonderful community of little penguin rehabilitation jumper knitters... Thanks to you we now have more than enough little penguin rehabilitation jumpers to rely upon in the event of an oil spill and are asking our community to please stop knitting jumpers. Our Knits for Nature program is now closed. If you have already knitted up some jumpers, you are still welcome to post them in to us. We thank you for your generosity and understanding. To learn more about the Penguin Foundation or to make a financial donation to support the protection of Phillip Island's natural environment and native wildlife please visit http://www.penguinfoundation.org.au. To learn more about Knits for Nature and how little penguin jumpers help penguins please visit https://penguinfoundation.org.au/get-involved/penguin-jumpers.

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