Tag: Wildlife Victoria
Roo on road to recovery
Volunteer rescuers from Wildlife Victoria, Wildlife Rescue and Information Network and local community members joined forces last week to rescue a male...
Highest rate of trauma
Macedon Ranges has the highest rate of wildlife road trauma in the state, adding to a strain on Wildlife Victoria's services.
Next gen rescuers
A frightened and trapped wallaby was rescued from a residential street in Gisborne last month with the help of three local children.
The cost of caring
Volunteer wildlife rescuers in the Macedon Ranges have described their workload as unsustainable.
They say the callouts they respond...
Roo rescued from reservoir
Wildlife rescuers have saved an injured kangaroo trapped below a steep embankment at Upper Coliban Reservoir.
Duck death toll climbs
The mass bird casualty situation at the Bells Swamp Conservation Reserve near Maldon continues to worsen with 640 dead birds pulled from...
Spiky friend saved
An echidna was rescued from a prickly situation in Hutton Street, Kyneton, last Tuesday.
The echidna was found wandering the car park between the Macedon...
Wildlife emergencies on the rise as wet weather ravages the state
Wildlife Victoria has ramped up its services after receiving more than 1000 calls in the past two days due to the state’s extreme weather...
‘Bad kills’ need to stop
A kangaroo with its jaw blown off and left suffering for days to die is a wildlife rescuer's worst nightmare.
Hop to it and do wildlife rescue
People keen to help injured native wildlife are about to get a great chance to do just that.A wildlife rescuers' and transporters'...
