Tea Tree Gully, SA responds to increased accidents involving koalas with virtual fencing pilot

Tea Tree Gully, SA Virtual Fencing Pilot Accident Respond

In Progress

Local officials recorded 90 koala deaths due to traffic incidents from 2018 to 2021. The council is working with koala rescue organization 1300KOALAZ to install virtual fencing equipment over four kilometers of roadway. This technology activates light and sound alerts as vehicles approach to keep koalas away from traffic. Tea Tree Gully is the first local government in South Australia to adopt virtual fencing for wildlife management.

Road & Traffic Management Road Safety Pilot / POC

Tea Tree Gully, SA

City in South Australia

Australia

Links

1300 KOALAZ - Adelaide Koala Rescue, Rehabilitate, and Release.

Adelaide and Hills Koala Rescue is not-for-profit, volunteer-run koala rescue organisation. We started our operation in August of 2019.

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Virtual fencing trial to help reduce koala road deaths | City of Tea Tree Gully

How it will work and what needs to happen next

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