Warriors 4 Wildlife Updates. Our ongoing blog sharing the stories from our Wildlife, Shelters, Volunteers and sponsors.
Rescuing an unwell Ibis...
Nicky and Jim Rescue an unwell Ibis, thanks to a lovely member of the public.
A rescue of an unwell Ibis found by a gentleman in a park in Lynbrook. Thank you to our volunteer rescuers Nicky and Jim who attended the rescue and transported him straight to the vet for a check up and treatment.
Do you think you have what it takes to become a Warrior 4 Wildlife? Book your spot in our upcoming Basic Wildlife Rescue and Transport Workshop and join our Volunteer team.
Face to Face Workshop - Mornington
Saturday 20th of April from 1 - 4.30pm
Online Workshop
Saturday 22nd of June from 1 - 5pm
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A Flying Fox pup needs help.
This Flying Fox pup was found at Clayton South Primary School.
This Flying Fox pup was found at Clayton South Primary School and had been hanging in the same spot for a couple of days. It was reported as having its leg and wing caught but when our volunteer rescuers got there they could see it was mobile. There was evidence of heavy bruising under one arm.
Once rescued by our team, it was taken to South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter for care and rehabilitation and is likely to make a full recovery.
Australian wildlife - Please call for help!
Australian wildlife have very unique and at times complicated feeding and housing requirements
A few weeks ago we received a call from a vet clinic in Rosebud needing care for a blue tongue lizard that wasn't quite right.
Unfortunately someone had found a wild Blue-tongued Lizard and decided to keep it as a pet It was housed incorrectly and fed an improper diet. When the blue tongue started acting strange they dropped it off at a vet clinic.
The vet clinic performed an X-ray revealing severe constipation, that was distorting its whole body. The blue tongue was lethargic and if left much longer would have passed away.
We organized a carer to collect the blue tongue and with several weeks of proper housing, a good diet, daily massage and warm baths the blue tongue thankfully passed all of the trapped poo!
A few more weeks in care to ensure the blue tongue was eating, pooing and acting normally it was able to be released.
Australian wildlife have very unique and at times complicated feeding and housing requirements. It is illegal to take and keep any Australian native wildlife from the wild. Housing or feeding them improperly can cause permanent damage or the death of an animal
To young to be on their own - Goshawk
Brown Goshawk in McCrae that was too little to be out of the nest and on its own.
Thank you to the member of public who called W4W about this juvenile Brown Goshawk in McCrae that was too little to be out of the nest and on its own.
We were able to organise for a local rescuer to rescue the bird of prey on our behalf and he was transported to Boobook Wildlife Shelter. The fledgling was emaciated and also severely underweight and was made comfortable in an ICU unit.
Update- After 5 days being in care and a trip to Healesville Sanctuary the Goshawk is starting to turn the corner. He is now coping with a small amount of solid food and has gained 10g in weight. Fingers crossed for this little fighter. He is not out of the woods yet but he is certainly making little improvements every day.
It was a great effort for everyone involved
Look out Melbourne- We are ready to rescue.
These vehicles will be of vital assistance for the charity
Look out Melbourne, Warriors 4 Wildlife to the rescue!
This delivery to Metung supported multiple shelters in the area. Including 2 much needed incubators.
We are so grateful to Nigel from Petcabs who has donated two Pet Taxis to Warriors 4 Wildlife that we have transformed into our first ever Wildlife Rescue and Transport Vehicles! It’s been a goal of the organisation for a long time to have fully equipped wildlife rescue vehicles on the road providing day to day emergency animal rescue, transport and release around Melbourne.
These vehicles will be of vital assistance for the charity and the community as we will be transporting injured or orphaned wildlife to shelters and vets for care and treatment.
Our vehicles will also be used for Wombaroo deliveries and donations to Wildlife Shelters through our Support 4 Shelters program.
Our Charity is 100% volunteer run and relies heavily on donations from the public and sponsorships from local businesses to keep our projects alive and running!
Help support us by becoming a sponsor or donating today!
https://warriors4wildlife.org/donate
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Tennis Anyone?
This little Grebe needed help and a lovely member of the public came to its rescue.
Yesterday we received a call from a member of public (James) who found a Crested Grebe at Camberwell Tennis Courts that wasn’t looking too well. James was able to contain the Grebe until one of our volunteer rescuers arrived to collect the bird to take it to the vet.
We believe the Grebe may be suffering from a case of Botulism (a bacteria toxin ingested from infected water or food). This beautiful aquatic bird will need careful nursing and hopefully will recover well in care.
Want to join the team and become a volunteer rescue and transporter? We have an online workshop coming up on Sat the 3rd of February. https://shop.warriors4wildlife.org/workshops
Supporting 97 wildlife shelters and carers
Warriors 4 Wildlife supports 97 wildlife shelters and carers.
Last Financial year Warriors 4 Wildlife supported 97 wildlife shelters and carers in Victoria with essential items needed to care for and rehabilitate native wildlife.
On top of the supplies held at our warehouse a total of over $64,000 was donated and distributed by W4W!
Our volunteer Phone Operator team have also worked collaboratively together, 365 days a year, to answer over 5000 calls received by W4W for animals in need
We also held rescue workshops, community events and volunteer days to help educate the public on how to live with and protect wildlife.
Thank you to the volunteers, businesses, sponsors, members of the public and animal lovers who kindy donate and support our cause. You all make our mission possible
https://warriors4wildlife.org/donate
1300 352 923
Funky Farm and the Warrior's bunch!
Celebrating our volunteers for Volunteer Week.
Yesterday we held our Annual Volunteer Day at The Funky Farm celebrating our volunteers for Volunteer Week.
It was a great day to catch up with the Warrior team and some of our amazing rescue and transporters. The Funky Farm host Chris Symons was very informative and we learnt lots more about our native wildlife We recommend you pop in for a visit!
Found just in time!
This fledgling Tawny Frogmouth had unfortunately fallen down a 2 metre hole on a construction site which was going to be filled with concrete.
This fledgling Tawny Frogmouth had unfortunately fallen down a 2 metre hole on a construction site which was going to be filled with concrete. Luckily a construction worker saw the bird and managed to get the tawny out of the hole and place it in a box.
A phone call to us for advice set off a call-out for one of our rescue and transport volunteers to safely collect the the Tawny Frogmouth and take it to a vet clinic for assessment. We are pleased to say the fledgling is now in care for rehabilitation.
Lucky Ducklings!
Mum Pacific Black Duck and her ducklings, who were venturing to cross the road directly out the front of their home.
This week our Rescue Phone Operator team received a call from a member of public, regarding a mum Pacific Black Duck and her ducklings, who were venturing to cross the road directly out the front of their home.
Some of the ducklings fell into the gutter drain at the front, as they tried to follow Mum. One of our senior rescuers talked to the caring members of public through the best scenario to rescue the little family.
The ducklings were retrieved, and then calmly and bravely they escorted the family of ducks 2.5 km’s to a local creek. The Mum and her ducklings went on their way and all were safe.
We can't thank the Member of Public and family for this amazing rescue.
Thanks for being part of our team.
We are so glad you came to visit.
So glad you stopped by.
I have taken at least two thousand calls calls since I started with Warriors 4 Wildlife. Each one has been important, not all have been easy, a lot have been a team effort, all have been rewarding.
Today I was privileged to have these 2 superstars enter my backyard and let the kids and I have a cup of tea in their company.
It is Fledge season and my husband and I giggle at how I say the same thing every day, twenty times and I don't get sick of it. I love being able to educate our members of public, I love being part of a community that promotes a safe enviromentment for wildlife.
I have never seen Tawny's in my yard and I have never had them so close that they have been prepared to sit and be part of our family (from a distance). We appreciated their company for a very short time and let them be.
I really felt today that I was making a difference. There are fewer cats outside, there are far fewer fledglings being picked up (all with the kindest of intentions) on our watch, and I am seeing wildlife that I haven't seen before, in my community.
Keep up the great work team. Keep helping where you can because what ever we are doing.. It's working!
I am so glad "Chickpea and Fawn" stopped by to let me know how grateful they are. xx
I felt like mum and I had a real moment here. Thanks for being part of our team. xx
The new home (palace) is working really well
Thank you to Lyndal at Locky’s Legacy Wildlife Shelter
We had a call from a lovely member of public in Nar Nar Goon Nth who was concerned about a Tawny Frogmouth with a young one on the ground in her paddock. Thank you to Lyndal at Locky’s Legacy Wildlife Shelter who gave them advice on how to make a make shift nest, Mum is now looking after the young tawny.
Tawny Frogmouths aren’t the best at making nests so this safe new home (palace) is working really well. Fantastic effort by all concerned
This week we met with Cassandra Fernando MP
This week we met with Cassandra Fernando MP Federal member of Parliament for Holt, to receive a certificate for our volunteer grant application we have been awarded
This week we met with Cassandra Fernando MP
Federal member of Parliament for Holt, to receive a certificate for our volunteer grant application we have been awarded.
This grant will be used for our Rescue Volunteer Incentive Program providing much needed petrol vouchers to help cover the high costs of fuel when collecting and transporting injured or orphaned wildlife in need.
It was lovely to meet with Cassandra today, we particularly enjoyed hearing about her passion for birds and thank her for taking the time to hear about our organisation and the valuable work that we do.
Powerful Owl
Last week we received a call just after midnight for this beautiful Powerful Owl found on the ground.
Last week we received a call just after midnight for this beautiful Powerful Owl found on the ground. We quickly organised for a wildlife shelter to take it as the member of the public was able to collect the bird and transport it to them. The Owl was then taken to Healesville Sanctuary early the next morning for an assessment.
This particular Owl is one of a known breeding pair in the area, Healesville said there was a couple of things that needed monitoring with the Owl but it had no broken bones which was good news. We really hope that this Owl will be well enough to be released back to its family
The Powerful Owl is the largest Owl in Australia and is considered a threatened species in Victoria. It has an impressive wingspan of up to 140cm! Their food sources include Possums, birds, Flying Foxes and even Christmas beetles so it is very important that we also protect these species too
The Eastern Spinebill
On the weekend we received a call from a young man who had found a bird on Swanston street, Carlton.
The Eastern Spinebill Rescue
On the weekend we received a call from a young man who had found a bird on Swanston street, Carlton. He had correctly identified this bird as a male Eastern Spinebill.
On the weekend we received a call from a young man who had found a bird on Swanston street, Carlton. He had correctly identified this bird as a male Eastern Spinebill.
Our phone operator asked for the bird to be put in a box to keep it safe, the man informed our phone operator he had already done so and created the safe little temporary enclosure for the bird shown below!
We had a rescuer en route shortly after, who took the spinebill to CARE veterinary hospital, where he was given the all clear. As it was now to late to release the Spinebill the wonderful staff at CARE agreed to hold him over night.
The next afternoon the Spinebill was picked up by two wonderful carers to be released.
These tiny nectar and insect eating birds prefer to live in woodland with low shrubbery that protects them from larger birds and provides them with an abundance of food. Thankfully Royal Park was just up the road and where we believed he had come from.
After a quick moment of thanks to his releasers he was off, they stayed to watch him for sometime to ensure he adjusted well along with all the other small birds that call this city oasis home.
A huge team effort for this tiny bird to be safely released back to his home
Basic Rescue and Transport
Thank you to the Animal Emergency Centre, Moorabbin
Thank you to the Animal Emergency Centre, Moorabbin for letting W4W host our Basic Wildlife Rescue and Transport Workshop last Saturday Also thanks to South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter and to our trainers Nigel Williamson and Nicky Rushworth for presenting the workshop to new volunteers wanting to help rescue injured or orphaned wildlife in need.
It was a great day! #workshop #volunteer #wildliferescue
All about town!
We received a call from a concerned member of public with ducklings in her yard and in the yard next door.
We received a call from a concerned member of public with ducklings in her yard and in the yard next door.
After searching for the mother we realised that they had unfortunately been orphaned. With the ducklings running all over the place it was decided that they needed to be rescued and a new home found for them. One of volunteers quickly arrived at the property and he and the member of public were able to collect all 5 that she had seen. They were placed in safe carry box and transported to a local shelter.
Just before our volunteer arrived at the shelter the member of public called back to say that she had located another duckling and was more than happy to take it to the carer. With that we thanked the wonderful member of public and our volunteer and closed the rescue.
An hour later we received a call from a local vet who had been handed a duckling found not more than 200 meters from the first lot of ducklings. We could not believe that these little ducklings had been running around the town. We rang the shelter who were happy to take on the last duckling and the local vet nurse took him down to be reunited with his family. The ducklings were safe and sound, and our volunteer needed to go home and put their feet up.
A little wombat needing care
This little wombat is now in care and doing really well.
Wombat Rescue
Late Thursday night, a member of public noticed a deceased female wombat with a joey next to her still alive. He collected the little wombat, brought it home and immediately called Warriors 4 Wildlife. Through our network of carers and rescuers our team member was able to organise a carer/rescuer and this little wombat is now in care and doing really well.
https://warriors4wildlife.org/ways-you-can-help-our-wildlife
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One lucky Brushy!
Thank you Nicole, one of our awesome volunteers who rescued this gorgeous Brushtail.
Thank you Nicole, one of our awesome volunteers who rescued this gorgeous very tired Brushtail Possum. A huge thank you to the team at St Kilda Veterinary clinic, they assessed her and found out that she had a sore eye so they provided her with pain relief and antibiotics cream for her eye.
She should make a great recovery in care with a wildlife Shelter who will feed her up and keep her warm until she is ready for release.
We are so grateful to the Members of Public who call in to us, so that we can help injured wildlife in their area.
Brushtail Possum
Bookbook takes a break!
Southern Boobook owl, found in mops back yard just sitting there.
Boobook takes a break.
A Southern Boobook owl was found in a member of publics back yard, just sitting there in Laharum, she bundled it up and called us.
After a full assessment it is believed the Boobook may have had a knock to the head, such as flying into a window. It has been given time to rest, and is now showing no signs of injury or illness. The wonderful shelter who picked up the owl will take it back to the location it was found to be released tonight.
How we help Wildlife
Nicky and Jim Rescue an unwell Ibis, thanks to a lovely member of the public.