As our environment is vandalized and habitat destroyed, I am just mesmerized by the antics of our Australian federal politicians. For months we have had our intelligence insulted by procrastination over diversionary tactics such as the citizenship of politicians or...
Our weather just isn’t kind to our wildlife at the moment. It’s either too cold, too hot, too dry, too wet, or too windy! It has made that baby bird season a tough struggle for the chicks. WILVOS are really looking for new wildlife carers at the moment. The more...
Sometimes I have these incredible feelings of despair as I drive around the Sunshine Coast area. There is just so much clearing of vegetation under way. This week, on the way to the Australian Wildlife Hospital at Beerwah, there were huge tracts of forest cleared...
Some days can be a little depressing for wildlife carers, but other days are just uplifting. Often there are no outward signs of damage done to the wildlife, and even xrays don’t always show the full extent of injury. Nevertheless, to know that an animal has received...
The Queensland Garden Expo held at Nambour each year is always a busy time. Each year the Sunshine Coast Council invites WILVOS to be part of their Living Backyard corner of the Expo. This is my favourite area with a lovely group of people representing...
The welfare of our local wildlife is very dependent on the observations of members of the public. Everyone is now more aware of the effect that human impact has on our native animals. Sometimes our caring natures are not always in the animals’ greatest interest. ...
