Finally!!!
This magnificent male Wedge Tailed Eagle was finally released today after many weeks in care at Taronga Western Plains Zoo Wildlife hospital.
He was found by my friend Scott on a roadside unable to fly.
Scott called me and we organised to do a relay drive. Scott and Kelly driving half way and myself meeting them. I then brought him home and next morning took him to the zoo wildlife hospital, where he stayed to be treated and recover.
Well, after all the caring from the wonderful veterinary staff at the Wildlife Hospital and all the coordination and driving to get him home, we finally made it possible for him today!!
More story and pics to come....Tan🥰🦅
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Morning everyone!
Well, here we go again!!
Storms and holiday travel never bode well for our wildlife!!
Please be super aware at dawn and dusk if travelling out here in Central Western NSW over the holiday period. Our native animals are nocturnal so don't drive at night if you don't have to. SLOW DOWN AFTER DUSK!
If you hit an animal PLEASE CALL FOR HELP! Either a vet, police or the local area Wildlife group. You can download the Ifaw app as it has all nsw group contacts. Google is good too. As are local vets and police with wildlife group info.
Same applies if you find an injured animal.
Our Wildlife are struggling more now than ever out here. A dry winter and spring followed by ongoing intense heat. Fires! Exclusion fencing and new housing developments are taking their toll too. Animals being land locked into small areas where there's no escape. Either locked in or locked out of their home ranges. Now they have to deal with thousands of holiday makers traveling on our country roads.
So PLEASE PLEASE be mindful of our Native animals whilst travelling.
We would like to know that you travelled safe. Enjoyed your visit out here to Central Western NSW and arrived home safely. Our other wish being that our Native animals are left unscathed too.
SAFE TRAVELS everyone and enjoy the wonderful and varied landscapes and animals out here in Central Western NSW,Tan🦘🥰
For injured wildlife in the Warrumbungle and surrounding areas please call us on
0432605309
This gorgeous little boy is Jerry. We think he may have been blown off his nesting tree by the terrible windy storms before Christmas. Two lovely kind souls found Jerry and brought him here to the shelter.
As you can see, his table manners are pretty ordinary right now, with much wiping and washing on my part!! Im sure we will improve over time!!🥰
Heading home now after picking up this precious little boy. He was soooo very hungry and thirsty. What a horrible day for him. Bruised and battered. Lost his mum. At least he has had a drink now and is safe and warm. Another 2 hour drive home now.
Morning everyone!
Firstly, THANK YOU to everyone who donated!!🥰 There are so many animals in care here right now. Milk formula alone is costing a fortune!! The little boy in the video also has special requirements because of his injuries and he deserves everything I can give him!! He's trying so hard and is a great little patient. Being a larger joey I was concerned he would stress out in care but he's adapted really well. I'm so very proud of him. ❤️🦘
This guy is the reason we remove dead animals from the road.
I was driving to a rescue when I came across this big fella feeding on a wallaby right on the road!! If I hadn't dragged the body off the road there would have been two dead animals instead of one. This big boy was very hungry after being asleep all winter. He was prepared to take a risk just to get a feed.
Lots of native animals are taking risks now as the country dries out and food and water sources become harder to access.
Please be mindful of this when out driving on our country roads. Tan🦘
Little bit of cuteness for today!! A Swampy getting a drink from the horse trough!!🥰🦘
After I assessed this beautiful poor boy I found he had multiple head trauma. So I humanely euthanised him💔
No more fear. No more pain and suffering...💔🦘
Had to bolt over to Gilgandra this morning for a feed run and found this poor boy lying in the middle of the road. I stopped and started to pull him off the road when I saw that he was breathing!!!! Don't ask me how I got him into the back seat of my ute as he would weigh around 40kgs plus!! I did give him some sedation before transporting him home to be assessed. Bloody furious that someone hit him and just left him there. Trucks,cars all just driving around him! I can't even imagine the sheer terror and pain he must have endured! Probably for hours!!
A long hairy drive today for a rescue. Sadly it didn't end well for the poor little Swamp wallaby. Every life matters! If we can't help at least we can end their suffering...
Saw this little family of Emus this morning on my way to Dunedoo. Sadly all the other poor souls were roadkill. One was an at foot Eastern Grey joey and the other was a sweet Red Necked wallaby mum. Her joey missing from her pouch! I'm guessing foxes or feral cats had been there before me💔
Not 5kms from the Shelter this dear little wallaby was in her deceased mum's pouch.
Please check pouches, this little girl was extremely hot lying in her poor mum's pouch.
She is home now at the Shelter.
Photo of Bub in the comments.
Little Hope in the humidi crib. Here she is learning to groom herself.❤️
AMAZING!!
The birth of a Red Kangaroo joey!!
It's very rare anyone gets to see the birth of a kangaroo.
The joey has approximately two minutes to climb from mums cloaca and up into the pouch. You will see how mum positions herself in order to give joey the best chance of reaching the lip of her pouch. Once inside,safe,warm and sound the tiny joey will attach itself to a teat and start to suckle.
How absolutely AWESOME are our Kangaroos!!
This is my girl Hannah🦘❤️
I saw this large old male at the cemetery this morning. He was lying in the grounds of the cemetery here. I thought he was injured but when I took a closer look I realised he was old, thin and weak. He is too large and mobile for me to sedate him on my own so I'm waiting for my son to come and help me. I've set up the small hospital enclosure and filled it full of straw. When we bring him home he will have a dry warm bed to rest upon, fresh water and soft food to eat. Ill keep you all posted when we get him home,Tan🦘❤️
