Tag Archive for ‘Wildlife’
Good and the bad
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 [...]
Bush refugees
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 [...]
Christmas is a time to help our wildlife
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 [...]
Lock up those cats
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 [...]
Wildlife: a changing climate is not their only concern
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 [...]
Ecology on show at World Environment Day Festival
Do bugs bug you? Do weeds drive you mad? Do you have a weed you want identified? Maybe you would like to know some of the uses for our local plants?
For all the answers, a series of Practical Ecology workshops at the free World Environment Day Festival on June 28th may be just the thing [...]
Wasting Wildlife
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 the [...]
Saving Phrederick Phascogale
PHREDERICK, the brush-tailed phascogale, was a sad sight when Wilvos worker Sylvia Whiting first saw him.
Gifts that last forever
Christmas! It’s a moment in our busy lives when we take time out to enjoy the company of our friends and families and celebrate the spirit of care. These days, we mark this moment with gifts. We offer gifts as symbols of thoughtfulness and thankfulness, of sharing good fortune with those we [...]
Gifts for our wildlife
It’s that time of year again when we go into panic mode, thinking of what Christmas gifts to buy family or friends.
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