Stop cruel koala encounters
Petition to: David Crisafulli, Queensland Premier
Across Queensland, wildlife venues are profiting from selling cruel koala encounters. Will you stop their silent suffering?
Many wildlife entertainment venues and theme parks in Queensland like Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Dreamworld offer “holding a koala” experiences for photos.
Koalas are stressed when constantly surrounded by people in close encounters. They display ‘visitor-vigilant’ behaviours like avoiding visitors by trying to climb up and away from people. Or keeping their eyes wide and ears pricked.
In the wild, koalas sleep for 20 hours a day to conserve energy after eating difficult-to-digest eucalyptus leaves. But some close encounters force them to be awake and active for hours. At Australia Zoo, koalas can be passed into the arms of 20 different people in just 30 minutes.
Most visitors to wildlife entertainment venues love wild animals or want to learn more about them. But they may not know about the stress and suffering wild animals like koalas endure when they are being cuddled or held for a photo.
Together we can end the cruelty.
Call on the Queensland Premier to join other states in banning cruel koala encounters, including koala cuddles and selfies.
Join us in making a difference.
This petition is brought to you by Politic in partnership with World Animal Protection.
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SUPPORTER VOICES - REASONS FOR SIGNING
I believe they have the right to their natural habitat,
trevor
2025-02-17 00:46:01
Wildlife are import part of our ecosystem and we should be doing all we can to protect them
Lisa
2025-02-01 20:07:49
I hate to see wild animals stressed in order to create photo opportunities for tourists and locals.
Barbara
0000-00-00 00:00:00
so that Koalas are left alone, stress brings on illness in all animals including humans. why put these very special Australian natives under any additional stress. they should not be in zoos in the first place let alone having to suffer in the name of the tourist dollar
Sally
0000-00-00 00:00:00
I’m supporting because cruelty to and the exploitation of animals is disgusting and should be banned
Lauren
2025-01-20 19:25:42
The care of our wildlife is our legacy. Cruelty is not an oprion and needs to ve stopped today.
Rebs
0000-00-00 00:00:00
these beautiful animals should be given the best life they can and mot be victims of such cruelty.
Julie
0000-00-00 00:00:00
we need our animals & they need us.
Andrea
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Love Nature and animals
Harshi
0000-00-00 00:00:00
This has to stop
Max
0000-00-00 00:00:00
They are so unique they also only on the east side of Australia
Helene
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sick to death of State & Federal Pollies taking a knee to big companies , and allowing them to forget the about the enshrined rules just to get a nice fat donation come election time.
Frank N Marie
0000-00-00 00:00:00
I hate animal cruelty
Steve
0000-00-00 00:00:00
I love animals.
Michelle
0000-00-00 00:00:00
I want to keep them always & in natural habitats
Marilyn
0000-00-00 00:00:00
They need to not be stressed and people can just look up and c them sleeping peacefully in the trees.
Lesley
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Our Koalas do not need the stresd of people touchingnthem,
Pamela
0000-00-00 00:00:00
I love Koala and I want them all safe
Karen
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Because they are indigenous only to Australia
Gilda
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Pls Queensland Premier join other states in banning cruel koala encounters!
Michelle
2025-01-14 04:38:05
Koalas are not pets.
John W B
2025-01-12 08:58:51
Animals need a voice
Rina
2025-01-04 17:47:18
Animals deserve to live their life. They are not entertainment, products, food or fashion accessorie
Raphaëlle
2025-01-04 15:38:30
Animals need to be respected and not put through suffering for the benefit of humans.
Gina
2025-01-04 10:17:27
I care about our animals
Charlie
2025-01-03 11:18:02
I want cruelty to all animals to end
Claire
2024-12-19 16:29:42
Our Austraian native animals have the need to be protected
Karen
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Wildlife has a right to live their lives as nature intended, They are not on earth to be exploited and deserve to be allowed to live their lives as intended.
Kay
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Wildlife deserve to be in the wild, in their own home, and not used as a prop for your tourist photo!
Nyssa
0000-00-00 00:00:00
TOURISM KILLS STOP EXPLOITING OUR ENDANGERED AUSSIE NATIVES NOW
Diana
0000-00-00 00:00:00
i love all animals and in particular Australian animals. it would be an absolute disgrace to see that we cannot look after and save them.
Maria
0000-00-00 00:00:00
all wild animals deserve to have a life in their own enviroment not to entertain humans for the sake of a picture .humans dont force other humans to hug for a picture so why does an animal that has no day forced to do it
Leanne
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Im a koala carer and rescuer, these animals dont want to be held or interacted with. They are individuals who just need to be left alone.
Susan
0000-00-00 00:00:00
I believe all animals should be treated as we humans expect to be treated as equals
Carol
0000-00-00 00:00:00
koalas that are handled continuously have a much shorter life, the stress this handling causes this. koalas are solitary animals, leave them be and stop torturing the for profit
Daryl
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Poor koalas!
Sharon
0000-00-00 00:00:00
A koala should not live its life being exploited for tourism.
Melinda
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Because it common sense
Nataliya
2024-11-24 12:36:39
We need better education, It’s sad we didn’t learn animals behaviour before letting people hold koal
Natasha
2024-11-24 11:50:23