Emergency Hotline: 07 5441 6200
Keep an eye out for puggles and birds bound for misadventure

Keep an eye out for puggles and birds bound for misadventure

WITH another hot summer breathing down our necks, the welfare of our native animals is always a worry. There are often extremes of dry hot conditions, or deluges of rain, with the ever-present threat of bushfires. Our Hotline (07) 5441 6200 will be operating 24/7 as...
Another successful reunion for mother possum and joey

Another successful reunion for mother possum and joey

What a glorious time of year. The birds are singing and the bees are buzzing. Though I can hear heavy machinery working on the latest nearby development, at least it is bare cane land and not a forest of trees full of wildlife. Through the WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline it...
Spring sees spike in rescue calls for fallen chicks

Spring sees spike in rescue calls for fallen chicks

Spring has sprung with birds nesting everywhere. The WILVOS Hotline gets many familiar distress calls for plover chicks falling down drains and birds falling out of nests. Always sad is the scenario of tree clearing where nests with eggs have been found, sometimes too...
Possum joeys highlight dangers of baits, cars and pets

Possum joeys highlight dangers of baits, cars and pets

Now that the phone calls are starting to increase, volunteers are bracing for the busy spring months ahead. I guess, looking on the bright side, when the calls for assistance drop dramatically we will see that as an indication that wildlife numbers are declining....
Baby Bird Season

Baby Bird Season

Well, it looks like the busy baby bird season will soon be upon us.  The WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline is starting to get a number of calls about young chicks.  Unfortunately, a number of calls have come in because of the removal of large trees, often hollow-bearing...
Wildlife art show raises funds and awareness for WILVOS

Wildlife art show raises funds and awareness for WILVOS

It is always encouraging for volunteers to have supporters contact us out of the blue with a surprise event to spread awareness of the plight of our wildlife. Each day new people arrive on the Sunshine Coast and don’t know of our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline. We are often...