Emergency Hotline: 07 5441 6200
Sad but sometimes necessary to save bird eggs

Sad but sometimes necessary to save bird eggs

In the maze of WILVOS 24 hour 5441 6200 Hotline calls, not all is doom and gloom. Some animals may just need short-term care, and the majority of others, such as orphaned young, have positive outcomes. We feel every loss, and ask ourselves what we could have done...
Tawny frogmouths are not owls, they are frogmouths

Tawny frogmouths are not owls, they are frogmouths

WILVOS have recently been visited by Gisella Kaplan, legendary for her knowledge of bird behaviour, in tawny frogmouths and magpies. Professor Kaplan is the author of fascinating books on these subjects, along with gathering many listeners to her podcasts and ABC...
Let our birds eat the lawn grubs…

Let our birds eat the lawn grubs…

This continual wet weather has had us all grumbling, but what about our native wildlife? They are impacted in so many ways, as our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline indicates. One lady called last week, very upset after seeing several magpies dead, in and near her small...
Thank you to our rescuers out there……

Thank you to our rescuers out there……

Sometimes, as a wildlife carer, it is good to get away for a day. Nevertheless, once home the WILVOS 5441 6200 number soon catches up. Having the only 24 hour wildlife Hotline on the coast means our WILVO volunteers on the phone are kept very busy, for 24 hours, 365...
Promises, promises, promises. It’s election time.

Promises, promises, promises. It’s election time.

Well, here we are in the land of promises again – it’s election time. A time to ponder on all those phone calls coming through to WILVOS Hotline 5441 6200. Who is going to make decisions to help our wildlife? I began listening to Mayoral candidates early in the peace...
Observe our lorikeets

Observe our lorikeets

There is no rest for our Hotline Volunteers.  There seems to be one wildlife stress event after another being phoned into the WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline. At the moment, the local wildlife hospitals are receiving hundreds of almost comatose lorikeets.  At a certain time...
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