Not only is the facility rehabilitating dozens of koalas burned and injured from the November bushfires which ravaged the Mid North Coast, search teams are now on standby for the NSW South Coast fire zone.

The hospital currently houses 75 koalas from Port Macquarie, Taree, Hawkesbury and across the Mid North Coast including 47 koalas displaced by fire.

All of the surviving koalas from the November fires are progressing well.

The hospital takes in koalas from anywhere in NSW.

Since the beginning of November 2019, it has admitted a number of bushfire koalas from Taree Koalas in Care and is now starting to receive koalas from the horrific fires in the Blue Mountains.

Hospital volunteers have made up a number of large boxes of veterinary supplies to send southward to assist wildlife carers and veterinarians who will have the awful task of treating burned wildlife. These supplies will be trucked down free of charge.

Clinical director Cheyne Flanagan said a qualified and bushfire aware team could be sent to rescue fire-affected koalas.

"We are looking at potentially sending a koala search team down to the South Coast," she said.

"We are a little bit scared in case something happens here and our teams are unavailable but if we can help we may send a team down to do search work.

"All of the team members would be qualified, wear full fire gear, have radios and know what they are doing. If we found koalas in those searches they would go to local carers.

"Nobody can guess the number of koalas killed in these bushfires but there are some horrible reports coming in.

"In particular there are large koala populations south of Campbelltown which is a hub for the NSW koala population."

Worldwide support for the Koala Hospital has surpassed $3.7 million in funding through a GoFundMe campaign to provide automatic drinking stations and establish a wild breeding program for koalas.

"We are grateful for all of the support and we need to stick with it to support everyone involved in keeping our wildlife alive," said Ms Flanagan.

"I think what needs to change is the status of the koala. It needs to be listed higher in the threatened category to stop logging until these issues can be looked at.

"We have to change our legislation to protect what's left of our native species."

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