Thank you to all volunteers across Australia in National Volunteers Week, which ran from the 17th to the 23rd May. There are so many ways to volunteer in our local communities that no one should ever say they are bored! Some of our WILVO volunteers help on...
Our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline often receives calls which serve as a reminder on what not to do with wildlife. We can protect our wildlife in many simple ways. These are usually simple preventative measures. A major problem with our native animals is...
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...
