Ingenia Communities, which has four retirement communities in Port Stephens, NSW, is contributing $100,000 to help preserve koalas in the area.
Port Stephens Koala Hospital is to receive the money over the next three years from the land lease, rental and holiday parks owner/operator.
“The past few years have exposed Australians to extreme weather conditions which have equally devastating impacts on our native wildlife, so we are honoured to be able to support the local hospital by not only providing critical funding but also volunteer initiatives,”Ingenia General Manager Residential Justin Blumfield said.
“We feel a more personal connection to the work at PSKH as one of the current koala residents was found near Latitude One by Ingenia Lifestyle suffering from severe chlamydia after being separated from her mother who sadly could not be found, so the team PSKH has been caring for her since."
Since its purpose-built hospital and rehabilitation facility opened in August 2020, PSKH has admitted 90 koalas and carried out more than 1,000 procedures in a mission to provide best practice care to the native species.
