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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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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May 6, 2021

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SealSpotter Challenge 2021 is almost here! Launching this Sunday 9th May. You can contribute to important Australian fur seal research from wherever you are in the world using the Phillip Island Nature Parks SealSpotter citizen science portal > https://www.penguins.org.au/sealspotter. Review a series of drone photos of the Seal Rocks colony to count seals and spot marine debris entanglements so Nature Parks scientists can better understand their population and threats. Since 2016, our Penguin Foundation donors have helped support the removal of marine debris entanglements from Phillip Island's seals as well as the development of SealSpotter. To continue to support this work, you can adopt an Australian fur seal here! > https://penguinfoundation.org.au/donate/adopt/australian-fur-seal.

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