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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.
How we help your local shelter
A massive 27 Wildlife Shelters and Carers were supported with much needed supplies to help rehabilitate their animals in care and help prepare them for the busy summer months ahead We donated lots of milk formulas, pouches, medical and cleaning products, browse cutters, misting sprays, and donated 7 Brinsea Products Inc. car incubators!
Incubators for Rehab and Transport
Supporting Wildlife shelters is part of our charities purpose. Wildlife Shelters are the dedicated people who take care of our native animals when they are injured, sick or when baby animals become orphaned. We supply shelters with medical supplies, food, housing and specialised equipment like incubators.
Incubators are an important tool for carers, for example, a newly rescued orphaned kangaroo Joey will be suffering from stress due to the separation from the mother, loss of nourishment and loss of warmth, possibly even hypothermia. Joey’s are unable to regulate their own body temperature when young, so they need an external heat source. Incubators can not only provide that heat source but it will also maintain their temperature, stabilise them and ensure they do not overheat
Incubators can be used for lots of different native animals and can be that critical piece of equipment in saving their life. This is one of 14 incubators that we have donated this year both locally and regionally Its not to late to make a tax deductible donation to help us support more native animals and the shelters who rehabilitate them xx
Rescue of Juvenile BrushTail
This juvenile Brushtail Possum was found outside on his own near a dumpster bin behind a supermarket in Bayswater. The rescuer who attended noticed there were a couple of other possums hanging around the bins looking for food scraps so she tried to reunite him with his Mum. After two nights and 4 attempts to reunite unfortunately they were unsuccessful and the baby had to go into care at a wildlife shelter.
Animal parents are the best carers for their animal babies and it is always best to try and reunite them with their families before being sent to a carer, however we have heard that he is a very healthy boy, has settled in to his new home and is doing really well
A very Special Breeding Program
W4W has donated a huge aviary that will be used for a very special breeding program for two very critically endangered native animals. The Brushtail Bettong and Bush-stone curlew. Both of these animals are ground dwellers and have fallen victim to predation of our pest species, cats and foxes, as well as from habitat loss.
Brushtail Bettongs are an extremely rare, small marsupial, once commonly found across 62% of Australia and is now extinct from most areas apart from a small population in Western Australia. There are only 15,000 are alive today.
The Bush-stone curlew is a mostly nocturnal bird and has a similar story in Victoria becoming critically endangered and extinct from most areas it used to habitat. No other Australian bird resembles the bush curlew. When disturbed, they freeze motionless, often in odd-looking postures.
This breeding program will allow these specific animals be released in Earth Sanctuaries with predator proof fencing to ensure the future survival of these species.
See all the Shelters and wildlife our Volunteers and sponsors are helping..
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We received a report from a very concerned member of public about a magpie trapped in a tree in Cranbourne North.