Holding a koala in your arms, feeling its paws on your shoulder and gazing into its cute beady eyes - for many tourists this is a long-cherished dream. But many travellers to Australia may be ...

A charity event organised to raise funds for struggling farmers has been cancelled after outrage from animal rights activists. The Cuddle-a-koala event was organised by members of Shoalhaven Zoo, on ...

A koala sanctuary has put an end to koala cuddles leaving some visitors disappointed they will no longer be able to hold the cuddly animals. As of Monday, the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary no longer ...

For what seems like time immemorial, giving a fluffy little koala a cuddle has been an Australian rite of passage for visiting celebrities, tourists and locals alike. And for many of them, a wildlife ...

A woman in Queensland has received a rude shock when the cute koala she tried to cuddle by the side of the road suddenly attacked her. The video, posted on TikTok on Thursday, has already received ...

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Cuddling koalas is at the top of many tourists’ to-do lists, but the author of a new welfare report is urging visitors to Australia to instead admire them in their natural habitat. While Tourism ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from South West. Followed categories will be added to My News. The sanctuary, which for decades has offered the experience to everyone from the Pope to tennis stars and ...

A Canadian couple on a working holiday in Australia encountered a koala while on a Christmas hike along The Great Ocean Walk in Victoria. Charli, who features in the video, takes up the story: "We'd ...

After spotting a cameraman, a baby koala hopped right on over for her close-up. Imogen, who is being hand-reared at Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney, Australia, jumped from a tree and scaled the man for ...