The Penguin Foundation is a registered charity and funds important research carried out by the Conservation team at the Nature Parks, with the objective to better understand how to protect and support a thriving little penguin population on Phillip Island (Milawul) through scientific research and planned activities. The Penguin Foundation also funds the purchase of assets and equipment such as sailing drones, the bush stone-curlew aviary and koala rehabilitation pens.

Some key highlights of the Penguin Foundation’s impact are:

• Ongoing funding to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
• Protecting the marine environment and health of the little penguin colony – disease risk assessment, foraging studies
• Funding of the Conservation Dogs to keep little penguins safe from the threat of foxes and feral cats
• Identification and rescue from entanglements via drone surveillance. Seal Spotter - citizen science program
• Building fire-resistant little penguin habitat in response to increased fire risk under climate change
• Koala chlamydia vaccine research and development
• Bush stone-curlew aviary and funding for reintroduction of the species
• Using the soundscape at Seal Rocks to develop a noise impact model for marine mammals of Milawul, Phillip Island
• Protecting and enhancing the status of threatened species on Phillip Island