Besides calls for orphaned and injured wildlife, the WILVOS Hotline 5441 6200 also receives phone calls from people expressing concern about various native animal and environmental issues. In the 2023-24 year there were over 5,200 calls to the Hotline. Recently one of...
Spring has sprung and the WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline has been getting very busy. Some phone call problems can be solved quickly, but others take time and planning. Hats off to the WILVO hotliners, and to the transporters and carers who carry on the great work. This week...
Orphaned and injured wildlife come to WILVOS from various areas around the Sunshine Coast and hinterland. The majority of animals come through our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline, the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, RSPCA’s Eumundi Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre or our...
WILVOS are kept busy in a range of roles. The obvious ones are manning the 5441 6200 Hotline, transporting, and rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife. Without increasing public awareness our native animals have even less chance of survival. Roslyn, WILVOS...
Our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline gets the occasional call for nests of eggs from clearing sites. Ideally they can get to an incubator fast. Thank you to the Biodiverse Environmental team for saving the life of this exquisite rainbow lorikeet chick. Jess brought two...
It was good to see the end of the year’s shortest day. June and July are months when our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline receives even more calls for assistance at dusk, as nocturnal animals begin to move about. It is a time of year when marsupials in pouch are often still...
