Animal Tracking Bracelet - Lounge Koala - Eucalyptus Green

G’day from the St Bees Island koalas! Created in partnership with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance through their Australian Forest Conservation Hub, each bracelet unlocks an interactive tracking map and helps Fahlo support koala conservation in Eastern Australia.

Meet your koala and learn their story. Reveal exclusive photos, stats, and updates along the way. Follow their path on an interactive tracking map.

• Brand: Fahlo
• Stone: Eucalyptus Green
• Sizing: Elastic, one size fits most
• QR code provided to unlock interactive map - compatible on smart phones only.

How does tracking work?

• Tracked via VHF (Very High Frequency) collar
  
• This animal’s safety guarded with the Fahlo Protection Ping™
  

Every Fahlo tracking experience includes the Fahlo Protection Ping™. This indicates each animal’s unique path may be live, delayed, or historical based on required safety protocol in accordance with our nonprofit partners.

While the experience of following an animal’s journey remains the same for you, we work behind the scenes with our partners to ensure this experience is presented in a way that keeps the animals safe, one step or splash at a time.

Why are koalas tracked?

Koalas are tracked for many reasons—to track survivorship and generate life history data, to see what areas of the island they use at various times of the year, and to understand how much habitat and range overlap exists. We also like to investigate their sociality and interactions.

How are koalas tracked?

We track them using a combination of tools, including store-on-board GPS loggers that record locations several times each day, and VHF transmitters that allow us to find the koalas in the forest. Each koala has a collar weighing about 80 grams that has the GPS and VHF attached.

Does tracking harm the koalas?

No, and in fact at some sites we get alerts (not at St Bees Island) if the koalas are moving very slowly so we can check to make sure they are ok. Each collar also has a rubber weak link that perishes over time, so if the collar fails in some way, it will fall off the koala after several months. Additionally, this weak link expands so that the koala will never become entangled or caught in a branch. This means sometimes we go looking for the koala, and all we find is a collar, with a free koala at large somewhere nearby.

To learn more, visit our partner directly at https://science.sandiegozoo.org/species/koala.