Healthy Land & Water is delivering the Reducing the Threat of Chlamydia in South East Queensland’s Wild Koalas program. The $1.9 million initiative focused on treating and administering vaccines suitable to wild koala candidates against chlamydia, a disease that severely impacts koala health, survival, and reproduction across the region.
The program is funded by the Queensland Government and involves a collaboration with nine local councils across south east Queensland, the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Detection Dogs for Conservation, wildlife hospitals, including Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital and Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, as well as vets and conservation experts.
Prioritising koala welfare at each step, the initiative follows a process of detection using non-invasive methods, health assessment by qualified veterinarians and treatment of chlamydial symptoms before administering vaccines to suitable koala candidates.
