SAFE makes field equipment for the approved koala canopy retrieval method, welfare-first, built to a standard, and made for the people who do the work.
One tool, built properly, for a method that was only ever improvised, so the gear finally matches the work.
The halo method is approved, but until SAFE, nobody made a tool designed for it. The Halo Pole is that tool, purpose-built, and made for the job.
Least-invasive by design. The halo works at a distance, encouraging the koala to come down on its own, a calm, low-stress approach.
Made for anyone who needs proper, purpose-built kit they can rely on, not something rigged up at home.
From a single carer to a full rescue fleet, SAFE equipment is built for everyone working hands-on with koalas and native wildlife.
A larger top section and fewer joints take the sway out of full-extension rescues, same reach, far more control.
Read →The thin top sections do most of the wandering. Match your height to the koala and leave them stowed.
Read →Three days in Port Macquarie among the people who do this work, and a notebook full of field feedback.
Read →“I built SAFE because the tools didn’t exist. Koalas deserve a rescue that’s calm and welfare-first, and the people saving them deserve gear built for the job.”Rhiannan SpenceFounder & Managing Director, SAFE
SAFE is founded and run by a working wildlife rescuer and citizen scientist in Southeast Queensland, not a catalogue supplier. Every design decision comes from real call-outs, real koalas, and real feedback from the field.
Work with us →Every SAFE tool started as a real problem in the field. If you’ve got a rescue scenario we don’t cover yet, a modification in mind, or a tool that simply doesn’t exist, tell us. We design purpose-built equipment for the way your team actually works.
Carer, rescuer, ranger, keeper, researcher or council, we’ll help you get the right equipment, from a single pole to a fleet order.