Meet our Animals

While we could fill this page ‘meet our animals’ with hundreds of photos and stories, we chose to make a selection of our animals. We will feature a few of the biggest characters and those you are likely to meet during your visit. Anyone not mentioned here is not loved any less.

Black Jo - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island

Jo’s owner passed away and Jo has never forgotten him. Jo has lived at Paul’s Place for 17 years. He has not bonded to another person or bird. Occasionally a visitor reminds him of ‘his human’ and Jo will be very affectionate.
Despite being very fussy in his people selection he is a very gentle bird. Red tailed black cockatoos are said to have the intelligence of a five year old child.

Wilma - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandWilma is the female red tailed black Cockatoo. Everyone had hoped Wilma and Jo would become friends but unfortunately they do not really get along well. Wilma does not really like human males either but will pose for a photo for a treat.

Lucy - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island

Lucy is our 3,5 meter Olive Python owned by an employee of Adelaide Zoo who was unable to keep her.

White Jo - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island
White Jo is our most loving birds from friends.

White Jo has the intelligence of a five year old and never forgets.

Giggles - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandGiggles was a rescued as a baby in Adelaide. We were concerned that she would not laugh, so we practised with her daily so she still enjoys laughing with us today. Giggles is now 14 years old.

Scarface - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandPaul’s Place most feared and talked about emu.

Kookie - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island
Will hopefully become a friend for Giggles. She’s now six weeks old and growing very fast.

Lou - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandLou is the most patient and loving koala at Paul’s Place, even with small children. She’s seven years old.

Digby - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandDigby is one of our Red Kangaroos orphaned in Whyalla when his mum was hit by a car. Digby is one of the naughtiest kangaroos we have. The red kangaroos have a permanently heated shed which they love as the climate is so different to their normal environment.  The Red Kangaroo enclosure is not open to visitors but you can often see them on the other side of the fence when feeding the Kangaroo Island Kangaroos and Emus.

Sammatt - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandPaul’s Place has a mob of about 100 pet sheep which were orphaned and handraised for may reasons. Samatt passed away a year ago at age 14 and deserves a special mention because he made an impression on so many people and was one of our favourite ever pet sheep. Samatt never put up with being teased. The minute a visitor put a foot wrong he would bunt (with his very soft head) and start chasing, especially teenagers. This created hours of entertainment and many schools wantin to purchase him as classroom controller. Everyone who met Samatt asks about him and we think about him every day.

Pet Koala - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island
All of our koalas have different personalities and food preferences, (different gum species),  when they are not asleep. Only two are held by visitors as the others would not consider it. They are happy to sit low in a tree and be patted though. Lou is the most patient and loving koala at Paul’s Place, even with small children.

Michael - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandMichael is the smallest python at Paul’s Place. He is a black headed python. Michael  showed us that snakes are much smarter than we may think. Michael was ‘lost’ for a few days last year but when hungry returned and waited in front of the door of the room which houses his enclosure…..we were ecstatically happy and amazed when Michael returned home. While this happens with all other animals it was our first experience with a python having a sense of where he/she lives and ‘coming home’.

Snaki - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo IslandSnaki is the most placid python and predominantely handled by children, (under supervision). Like all the other pythons she loves being “taken for a walk” on sunny days.

Miwi - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island
One of our three riding ponies. Miwi is so quiet we have had children put ladders next to her to climb on. If Miwi had her way she would spend most of her life in the kitchen.

Alice - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island
Alice was orphaned in the north of South Australia as part of the feral camel eradication when her mum was shot. Alice can be patted on most tours, (over the fence).

Claws - one of our animals at Pauls Place Wildlife Sanctuary / Park - Kangaroo Island

Claws is a pet his young owner got bored of because he “did not do much”. He loves sitting on shoulders and posing for photos. He is one of three dragons with similar stories who all enjoy the contact with visitors.