Kerry's Wildlife Rescue & Care Inc.

14/08/2024

Never ok

It is NEVER OK 🙅‍♀️ to keep a native animal for any period of time when trained and licenced volunteers are only a phone call 🤳 away. In fact, it's actually illegal 👮‍♂️.

This poor girl was taken from her dead mums pouch and kept for 5 days 🖐 with 2 broken limbs 🦵 because the finder refused to hand her to wildlife carers 🏥 or take her to a vet 🩺. To make matters worse, her injuries are also possibly from being removed from the pouch by her legs. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 🙏 never do that either. Advice on how to safely remove a baby 👶 from a pouch is also only a phone call away.

Sadly 😭, because she didn't receive the immediate veterinary care 👩‍⚕️ that she needed, we couldn't save this precious baby 🪦💕.

12/08/2024

Returning to country.

Dozens of possums are making a new home in Central Australia after being flown hundreds of kilometres from Kangaroo Island, as ecologists seek to re-establish a brushtail population in the Red Centre.

11/08/2024

Hi all we are still in the need for donations to help Tabitha and the kangaroos she has in care thankyou

11/08/2024

Thankyou everyone that donated today

11/08/2024

10/08/2024

Hi all I have a script for much needed fluids for a wonderful carer Tabitha she needs your help .i have the prescription for the fluids our bank is low I am hoping someone can help.

09/08/2024

06/07/2024

This is excellent

06/07/2024

We would like to send Scott Wright from Arc Erth a big thank you and subsequently a Happy Birthday from all of us at Kerry's Wildlife Rescue and Care!

Over the course of the awe capturing show of Arc Erth, Scott raised $800 for our club. We are so grateful and honoured to have shared this experience with a fellow wildlife lover!

06/07/2024

For Sale from Kerry at Kerry’s Wildlife Rescue and Care. Toxic and Safe Plants Manual $30 for club members and $50 for non-members. 100% proceeds go to Kerry’s Wildlife Rescue and Care

06/07/2024

New manual out 30.00

03/07/2024

What a wonderful day with the most wonderful of people! As carers we don't do what we do for recognition, but with our club president Kerry Jane Schilling being as selfless, dedicated and hard-working as she is to our beautiful wildlife, it's a recognition well deserved. Kerry received an opportunity from a fellow wildlife lover and entertainer Scott Wright to attend a sensational exhibition ARC ERTH at the playhouse theatre today.

With Kerry's carer Shannon and littlest carer in the making, Shannon's daughter Lorelei, we dove into a beautiful, emersive puppetry masterpiece that shone a light over our wildlife message and raised donations for our amazing club.

We are so grateful to Scott and his wonderful team at ERTH Visual & Physical Inc. for such a wonderful and creatively artistic display of nature with some factual messages poetically shared to all whom attended.

There were many animals portrayed in the show and of course the star an Aussie native possum front and centre!

18/06/2024

Worth reading to all the carers

WHY WE RESCUE
For animal lovers like me, animal rescue is the most incredible, rewarding job... in the history of ever.
At the same time... it's also the most heartbreaking...
The truth is...
You see a lot of things... you never thought you'd see.
You witness a level of cruelty... you didn't think was possible.
You feel a degree of helplessness... you never thought you'd know.
You stare at painful images... soon burned into your memory... that will haunt your thoughts forever.
You try to pick up the pieces... so many pieces... of the damage you didn't do.
You do everything in your power... but even still... you'll never reach them all.
You'll try to stay strong... but you'll mostly feel weak.
You'll build walls to protect your heart... but they'll never keep you safe.
You'll place barriers around your soul... but the pain will always reach you.
And no matter how hard you try to fight it... over time... here's the truth about what happens in animal rescue...
The neglect changes you.
The abuse hardens you.
The suffering breaks you.
The ignorance angers you.
The indifference disturbs you.
The injustice destroys you.
On a daily basis... your faith will be tested.
Your heart will be wounded.
Your soul will be altered.
On a weekly basis... you'll question yourself.
You'll question your strength.
You'll question the world.
On a monthly basis... you'll fall down.
You'll get up.
You'll go on...
On a yearly basis... you'll look back...
You'll see faces...
You couldn't save them.
You'll learn to mourn.
To grieve.
To sob.
You'll learn to trust a little less.
To do a little more.
To fight a little harder.
You'll learn to try.
To hope.
To pray.
You'll learn to fail.
To succeed.
To accept.
You'll learn when to hold on.
When to give up.
When to let go.
You'll learn who you are.
What you stand for.
Why that matters.
Then... at times... you'll forget why you matter.
You'll question what you're doing.
You'll wonder if it's worth it.
But... here's the good news...
When you forget...
When you question...
When you wonder...
All you have to do...
Is take a look around...
And you'll see them.
You'll see their faces.
You'll see their smiles.
You'll feel their love.
In their eyes, you'll see their journeys...
You'll remember their beginnings...
You'll know how far they've come...
You'll remember when they didn't know you...
When they didn't trust you...
When they'd given up.
You'll remember how you healed them...
How you loved them...
How they loved you, too.
And as you look back...
You'll want to move forward...
For them... and because of them.
In your darkest hours, you'll look around...
To find the differences made... the hope given... and the lives saved...
Because you existed.
In those moments, when you look into their eyes... every doubt will be erased.
Every question will be answered.
Every worry will subside.
Because in that instant... in each of your hearts...
You both share the very same thought:
"Every bit of pain was worth it... for this moment here with you."
And honestly... no matter what else happens...
Those moments hold all the strength you need...
To keep going.
Rescue is pain.
Rescue is joy.
Rescue is worth it... because they are worth it.
And that's the honest truth.
(Author unknown)

Pic- Orphaned Eastern Grey joey
By Pam Turner- Wildwood Wildlife Shelter

15/06/2024

Hi, I'm a tipple, NOT a mosquito.

You kill me without me being a danger to anyone, actually I'm a help. I don't suck blood, but I feed on the nectar of flowers helping to pollinate them. Now that you know me please don't kill me, if I mistakenly enter your house, walk me out, don't be like everyone who destroys what they can't understand.

15/06/2024

Rare Golden Brushtail Possum Spotted in SE Queensland! 😮

Here’s some floof that will brighten your Friday night! 🌟 Say hello to this adorable golden brushtail possum! Her unique hue is the result of a rare genetic mutation called leucism, which reduces melanin levels in the skin and fur. 🐾

Despite her stunning appearance, the light colouration makes her more vulnerable to predators, posing challenges for survival in the wild.

Yolande Alcorn first spotted the beautiful brushy Mum with her joey in 2021 and was excited to see her again just last week... 📸✨

📷 Yolande Alcorn / Golden brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

07/05/2024

Hello, I’m Pip. I’m a little kangaroo. I don’t remember much from when I was in my Mum’s pouch, but I remember feeling warm and safe. Mum always kept me close, and I liked it there. It was snug, and I could hear her heart beating.

But one day, everything changed. There was a loud noise, and then my Mum was still. It got cold, so cold. I missed my Mum’s warmth and her gentle hops. I curled up as tight as I could, trying to stay warm, but I was so scared. I heard some noises, but it wasn’t my Mum.

Then a human Mum found me. She was kind and gentle, like my real Mum. She picked me up and wrapped me in something soft and warm. It felt good, like being back in the pouch. She held me close and whispered to me, telling me I was safe. I snuggled into her, and for a little while, I didn’t feel so scared. I think she loved me, and I liked that.

Even though my human mum was very kind, I knew I couldn’t stay with her. I was much too small to be outside of my Mum’s pouch, I needed my real Mum, but she was gone. My human Mum kept me warm and safe until I could go back to be with my Mum. I think she knew that I wasn’t strong enough to live with her, but she took care of me anyway. I hope she knows I was grateful.

I don’t know what happened that day, but my Mum was hit by something big and fast. If you drive on the road, we need you to watch for us, especially at night and early in the morning. And if you accidentally hit us, please stop and check for a joey, all alone in Mum’s pouch. I’m only small, but my life matters. I want everyone to know that there are other joeys out there who need your help. Please, please be careful on the road. We need you to keep us safe.

06/05/2024

Very true like grevigrevilleas and bottle brush any native trees

03/05/2024

Excellent advice from the RSPCA to members of the public about possums in your roofspace and what to do - page is here : https://tinyurl.com/mvz2ras5

Send a message to learn more

23/04/2024

peekaboo possum.

22/04/2024

Em Vic Breeze and Sweet Pea 💖

22/04/2024

One of our carers Em Vic Breeze shares- My possum Sweet Pea went to Kerrys for pre release on the weekend. And this is my new baby “Peter” (named by me) that came from Kerrys verandah possums. He is very chubby bubby. Still timid around me but I think he and I will be friends eventually.

11/04/2024

I have been asked by our Club's Treasurer to share this email received from DES regarding the return of Molly the Magpie back to her family. Cheers, Jenny- Wildlife Coordinator

07/04/2024