Winter time holds many dangers for wildlife. Our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline gets an increase in calls for kangaroos, wallabies, possums and bandicoots at this time of year. It is that time of year when darkness falls early, just at the same time that workers are...
Recently one of our rehabilitators received a rather distressing call through the WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline. It was about a butcher bird. This poor bird had one of the sticky mouse trap strips attached to its wing. There was no way the bird could remove it...
Sometimes I am left speechless by the actions of government departments. Today I am left shaking my head! It took many years to finally achieve installation of WILVOS roadsigns in areas vulnerable to our wildlife....
Rehabilitating wildlife is a never-ending source of education The records from our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline number are a great source of information. This week one of our carers received little twin swamp wallaby joeys into care. They are ‘pinkies’, which...
I was very impressed by the report tabled at Parliament re the subject of the impact on our native animals by feral cats, and by our domestic cats. At the media launch it was a very sobering thought to hear that more native animals are lost to cats...
The WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline sees a variety native species coming into care. There is always a predominance of certain species needing rescue and care at different times of the year. There are a few cheeky little mudlarks, better known as peewees,...
