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The recent flood, cyclone and bushfire disasters across Australia have taken their toll on all. Our wildlife have suffered immeasurably too, as wildlife carers try to contend with the influx of injured and orphaned wildlife. The problems with our native wildlife did not start with the inland and coastal flooding. They started way back in … [Read more...]
Reflecting on World Environment Day, what have we done for the environment in the past year? Our Wildlife Volunteers Association, can be proud of its achievements this year, once again providing a 24-hour hotline for injured and orphaned wildlife. So often, callers are just so grateful that they reach an actual person instead of the ubiquitous … [Read more...]
WILVOS' hotline is always a good indication of how our wildlife is managing out there. We didn't need a crystal ball 10 years ago to predict what was going to happen in southeast Queensland, and we don’t need a crystal ball now to see what is ahead for our wildlife. It is depressing! This isn’t unique to southeast Queensland. I … [Read more...]
In recent months there has been a great increase in orphaned and injured animals being reported on the WILVOS hotline. It always makes me so aware of the value of this 24 hour a day, 365 days a year rescue number for distressed wildlife. It is always a challenge to find enough people to man the phone line at the end-of-year holiday period, … [Read more...]
Once again our WILVOS hotline received a call for an injured animal. This time it was a glider -- maybe a sugar glider, maybe a squirrel glider. It doesn’t really matter which one it is, gliders are fast reaching extinction on the coast and hinterland areas. Yet it is so simple to prevent the extermination of these incredible … [Read more...]
I wish that we could blame the decline of our Australian native species on one major influence such as climate change, but unfortunately that is not the only problem facing our wildlife. Human impact, in many forms, have been the direct culprit from the moment humans stepped onto this beautiful country. As the population has increased over the … [Read more...]
As a wildlife carer I am always saddened by anything that negatively affects a country’s native animal population. Unfortunately, it’s usually our species that is the crux of the problem. I was recently appalled when watching a television program on the Galapagos Islands. To see the amount of waste created by the increased visitors to … [Read more...]
PHREDERICK, the brush-tailed phascogale, was a sad sight when Wilvos worker Sylvia Whiting first saw him. His head was bloodied and he had been lying on the road for some time, a probable hit and run victim. While this usually feisty little creature had miraculously survived, his future at that point was not looking promising. But several weeks … [Read more...]
Our Wildlife Volunteers Association (WILVOS) has recently been fortunate enough to have Dr Anne Fowler (Vet) (Hons), MACVS (Avian Health), from Australian Wildlife Education in Sydney present a weekend workshop. It was an honour to have someone of Anne's calibre visit Nambour, with over 70 attendees on each of the two days, from as far away as … [Read more...]
It's that time of year again when we go into panic mode, thinking of what Christmas gifts to buy family or friends. If your family and friends aren't environmentally inclined, or lack knowledge of our unique wildlife, then this is the time to help them understand. Gifts do not need to be expensive -- there is nothing more special than a … [Read more...]
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