Emergency Hotline: 07 5441 6200
Don’t move echidnas to a new area.

Don’t move echidnas to a new area.

There are sometimes very interesting calls that come through the WILVOS Hotline 5441 6200 number. This week I had a call from a veterinary surgery about an echidna and her puggle.  Members of the public took the beautiful big female and her dead puggle there after...
Telcos can either help or hinder our wildlife.

Telcos can either help or hinder our wildlife.

WILVOS 5441 6200 hotline has had a number of squirrel gliders and sugar gliders come into care lately.  It is so sad to see as their numbers have dwindled badly over the past years. They are a species that suffer badly, as they all do, with habitat destruction.  As a...
New members always welcome!

New members always welcome!

WILVOS have welcomed some more dedicated wildlife carers to the ranks and it is  great to see their enthusiasm in wanting to learn about our wonderful native animals.  It also shares the load as the 5441 6200 Hotline is always busy.  Different work schedules mean...
Fauna Movement Solutions are needed urgently

Fauna Movement Solutions are needed urgently

In amongst the doom and gloom that pervades the wildlife spectrum there is sometimes a little optimism.  Lately our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline has been so busy and our volunteers all do a wonderful job, whether answering the phone, going off to the rescues, or...
Education is a key to wildlife survival.

Education is a key to wildlife survival.

The future of our wildlife are dependent on two major points.  Needless to say that without habitat there will be no Australian native animals. Without education the value of these animals will not be realized.   In Australia it sometimes seems we are doing our best...
Put that WILVOS Hotline number in your mobile phone!

Put that WILVOS Hotline number in your mobile phone!

It’s good news to hear that we should be getting some rain.  This dry, cold weather is so hard on our wildlife.  Even the adult  possums, if they come into care injured, are very happy to see a dish of water.  Nevertheless, no animals, whether bird, mammal or reptile...