How Can you help?
What can you do to help?
There are many ways to help our wildlife and we get lots of calls a week with concerned Members of Public wanting to help animals in their area. If you are unable to find an answer below and are concenred about wildlife in your area. Please contact us.
Quick thinking Member of Public!
We received a call about a juvenile magpie that had been caught in some children's soccer goal netting.
Human Food and not for Wildlife
Did you know that human food is not natural for birds and can make them very sick?
A baby possum on the ground.
Possum breeding season begins in winter, and baby possums (Joeys) start emerging from their mothers pouch in spring and summer.
Beak and Feather Disease
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is a highly contagious virus that is spread between parrots.
Not the best builders - Tawny Frog Mouth
Tawny Frogmouths are not the best at making nests and this happens all too often.
Fledgling v's Nestling
Spring has nearly sprung and we are receiving lots of calls for wildlife in need. Some of the calls we are starting to receive are calls for baby birds called Fledglings.
Flying Fox and Netting
Flying Foxes play a very important role in our ecosystem by dispersing seeds and pollinating flowering plants.
Pouch checks
We can send one of our volunteer rescuers out to check their pouch for young.
Echidna's will travel
Echidnas are on the move at the moment, they can leave their burrow and travel up to 10km in search for food.
Swooping Season
Swooping season for Magpies and it can be very frightening! Here are some tips to avoid this happening to you.
Fledglings
Spring has well and truely sprung this is a busy time for shelters as wildlife start to have babies
Introducing the Animal Pool Lifesaver (a.k.a. Frog Log)