Some weeks in wildlife caring are just pure joy! Last week one of our WILVOS who was working on the Bruce Highway upgrade rang to ask if I’d take four plover eggs and try to hatch them. There should be more Environment Officers like Dallas on big developments. He goes...
Many of the native animals that come to WILVOS are extremely lucky to be alive. Some go through unimaginable trauma, and some of the members of the public also show great initiative and courage in dealing with situations that arise. Recently a very young eastern grey...
I’m paying the price of having a week away as the spring continues to impact on our wildlife. The situation doesn’t improve as the years go by. Relentless, irresponsible habitat destruction is still allowed to continue in both urban and rural areas. When we look at...
As I type this on my phone I am sitting at the Toowoomba railway station ready to set off on the Dawnie Express on its next leg of the steam train journey to Roma. The final destination is Charleville. The inaugural “Fur Ball” will be held there. This...
After nearly two weeks tramping around Melbourne, it is a bit of a culture shock to return home. Little Swamp Wallaby Piccallili was returned to me soon after I arrived and it was a delight to see the mischievous little fellow. Having had him since he was a furless...
Years ago someone gave me an interesting book on cows. I thought of this recently when I had a call about a bird trapped in an old building with very high ceilings. The book had said that to manage cows one had to think like a cow. How true that was! How true it is...
