In a world where koalas are hard to locate:
Join the mission.
Map the movement.
KoaLocator is dedicated to helping koalas by providing a platform to record and track rescue and sighting events. Our mission is to support conservation efforts and ensure the safety of koalas in their natural habitats.
Record koala rescues, sightings and deaths in the field. Photos, GPS, and full offline support for the places where koalas actually are.
Free for wildlife carers · iPhone · Works offline.
Know which koala you're looking at.
What it does:
Every koala has a unique nose print, the way every person has a unique fingerprint. Photograph a koala's nose and KoaLocator compares it against every koala recorded in the system, using a model trained specifically on koala noses. If it recognises the animal, it tells you where and when it's been recorded before — so a koala rescued twice from the same area stops looking like two unrelated incidents.
Built for the field, not the office.
Records save on your phone whether you have signal or not, and upload themselves the moment you're back in range. GPS position is captured automatically, and the address is filled in for you. Photos, video and audio attach to a record. Photos are encrypted on the device.
Shelters and registered carers get a full clinical sheet on any record: a tap-to-mark body map for injuries, weight and measurements, body condition, treatment and veterinary notes, medications, and attached x-rays, scans and pathology results.
Export any record as a PDF for a vet or another shelter, or as CSV for your own records.
Clinical triage for shelters.
Not only koalas.
Shelters take in more than just koalas. Record kangaroos, wombats, wallabies, birds and around 3,500 Australian species from the BioNet list — while the app stays koala-first for those that need it for that purpose.
Your data, and a koala's location.
Precise locations of sick, injured or orphaned animals are sensitive information. KoaLocator treats them that way. Your records are yours. When the app tells another user that a koala has been seen before, it shows them the suburb — never the exact location — unless the record is their own. Shelter and clinical information is never shared between users.
Photos are encrypted on your device, and everything is transmitted over an encrypted connection.
Who it's for.
Wildlife carers and rescuers: Log a rescue in a couple of minutes, in the dark, in the rain, with no signal.
Shelters: Clinical records, triage, exports, and a view across everything your shelter has taken in.
Anyone who spots a koala: A sighting is a valid record, and sightings are how movement across a landscape becomes visible.
Every record helps.
Koalas move across roads, properties and council boundaries. No single carer sees the whole picture — but together, the records do.
Your help is instrumental in helping Koalas.
The Wildlings Woodend Wildlife Shelter
www.thewildlingswoodendwildlifeshelter.com.au