Wildlife Aid Incorporated

06/04/2023

24/10/2021

Did you know today is world kangaroo day!
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One of our long time carers, Jo Kelly had a chat with power FM about the joeys she has in care

https://www.981powerfm.com.au/podcast-player/show/7965327-local-woman-jo-kelly-has-kangaroo-joey-s-in-her-loungeroom/the-breakfast-show

98.1 Power FM Hunter is a local radio station in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales. It is based in Muswellbrook and serves listeners in Muswellbrook, Singleton, Scone, Aberdeen, Merriwa, Murrurundi and surrounding areas.

09/10/2021

What to do when an animal has been hit by a vehicle?
Wildlife Aid's president and long time carer Jo Kelly spoke to 98.1 on Thursday morning to explain...
🛑Ensure that you and others around you are safe
🔶Drag the animal as far from the road as possible
🦘Always check the pouch for young🦘
For injured wildlife in the Upper Hunter Valley phone Wildlife Aid 0429 850 089
https://www.981powerfm.com.au/podcast-player/show/7955857-what-should-you-do-if-you-come-across-road-kill/the-breakfast-show

98.1 Power FM Hunter is a local radio station in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales. It is based in Muswellbrook and serves listeners in Muswellbrook, Singleton, Scone, Aberdeen, Merriwa, Murrurundi and surrounding areas.

12/08/2021

Thank you to St Heliers Correctional Centre for the donation of medical supplies. These will be very useful for our carers and native wildlife animals 😀

01/08/2021

23/07/2021

Great job everyone

04/07/2021

Enjoying out of pouch time on this gorgeous sunny day

08/06/2021

Meet Bumblebee! He is a super cute brush tail possum. He was taken into care as a baby in January, unfortunately Bumblebees mum was killed but luckily he was uninjured. He is now at his last stages of care, soon he will be released back into the wild from a safe place where he has warm boxes to sleep in and support feeding until he get used to being a wild possum again. Good luck little buddy x

06/06/2021

INTERESTING FACT........
Joeys require sunshine for the development of strong bones, through absorption of Vitamin D from ultra violet rays. This is why you see baldy little heads poking out of mum's pouch.

05/06/2021

Am I brave enough to face the BIG wide world?.........No

03/06/2021

Interesting fact....

30/05/2021

Last week we were called to save a mother Feather-tail Glider and her three super cute babies!
These gliders are only the size of a mouse when fully grown. Sadly they often mistaken to be mice and killed.
They are actually the worlds smallest gliding mammal! They are named for their long feather shaped tails. They eat insects and are of course a native possum.
This little family found it’s self in trouble as the local bulldozers are pushing over their homes for a housing estate. Land clearing is a massive problem for our local wildlife. Luckily the environmental group over looking the development spotted these guys and got them straight into care.
Unharmed the family were relocated to a nearby property, where they are safe and happy. Thanks to the help of our neighbouring wildlife group NATF.

09/05/2021

Happy Mothers Day to all the mums and foster mums of fur babies. Share this post and show us your fur babies. Jasmines joeys never think three's a crowd

31/03/2021

BREAKING: New species of Koala found in Bundanoon!

Have you spotted one, if so please post photos here.

Here's the media release out of Wildlife Stations Bundanoon.

PRESS RELEASE

Bundanoon's Remarkable Burrowing Koala
In a find that has stunned scientists, a new species of koala has been discovered in the Southern Highlands village of Bundanoon and the surrounding Morton National Park.

Described as a “Black Swan moment” by local ecologist Dr Steve Douglas, the Burrowing Koala, has for hundreds of years been mistaken for the common wombat.

Phascolarctos cunicularis, or the burrowing pouched bear joins Phascolarctos Cinereus the grey pouched bear as Australia’s second member of the Phascolarctidae family.

“Talk about hiding in plain sight!” said Dr Douglas. “We always thought koalas were arboreal and this new species shows us they are also terrestrial and sub-terrestrial”.

Bundanoon Public School, already promoting ecological education for their students is delighted to be at the epicentre of the discovery.

And the tourism industry is agog with the opportunities this will present the Southern Highlands. As well as Winterfest and Brigadoon, Bundanoon now has another drawcard.

Some locals are taking the discovery in their stride, simply wishing that regardless of their name, that people slowed down on the roads to protect these animals.

“Be they wombats or burrowing koalas we ask people to travel slowly on regional roads, especially between dusk and dawn.”

An exclusive Bundanoon Broadcasting Service clip is available to all platforms at https://youtu.be/zm4drSw2hTY. Please embargo the clip until 1 April. It will be a public link from 00:15 on 1 April.

The video may be freely distributed across any platform or network.
For Media Enquiries & Interviews Contact:
Andy Carnahan
Wildlife Stations Bundanoon
Mobile: 0417 255 247
Wildlife Stations Bundanoon Incorporated is a not for profit association principally working
in and around the Bundanoon area of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales to
improve the interaction between wildlife and people, especially focusing on reducing road
trauma caused by collisions with cars and wildlife; and act to improve local responses for
wildlife aid in disaster events, act to promote awareness and care for wildlife.
Copyright © 2021 Destination Southern Highlands, All rights reserved.

In a find that has stunned scientists, a new species of koala has been discovered in the Southern Highlands village of Bundanoon and the surrounding Morton N...

04/03/2021

This beautiful magpie came into care on Monday. It had a concussion, and needed a few days rest and some TLC. Today it was taken back home for release. It’s always nice to see them fly off happily. Good luck buddy.

15/02/2021

Don't miss this program 16/2/21

09/02/2021

Scone the other day, saw another baby magpie reunited with its parents. The young bird's wing was stuck on a sticky mouse trap luckily it was found, WLA was called, bird rescued. Overnight at Pet Medical (thankyou), released back home, parents carolling, young bird responding. Th*****me flew off the a close-by gum tree. Thank you to the lady in Scott St, to Lynn the rescuer and to Pet Medical for their care

07/02/2021

Yesterday was a big day for the 6 wood ducks in care. They were very happy to go to their forever home and swim in the big dam for the first time. Good luck little ones.

25/01/2021

Please don't forget, bird baths are not just for the birds! All our lovely native creatures need water. Thank you

23/01/2021

Why we volunteer for WLA. Yesterday an injured magpie was on the road in the rest area Blandford, Michael, passing by, took the injured bird to Pet Medical in Scone. After treatment, it was brought back to Bec, a WLA carer in Murrurundi, kept safe overnight, fed a good breakfast then taken back to Blandford late this morning. The moment she was released her family joined her and they were all reunited in a tree :-). I phoned Michael to let him know the outcome and he said that when he rescued the bird another magpie was trying to get it off the road, he thought they would both end up hurt. Thank you Michael, thank you Pet Med and thank you Bec. 🥰

13/01/2021

06/01/2021

Please click on the Wildlife Aid link and comment on the original post to put your chosen name in the running.

HELP US NAME ONE OF OUR NEWEST ARRIVALS!
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This beautiful little girl is a red neck wallaby who was rescued by one of our volunteers after her mum was sadly hit and killed by a vehicle.

Despite her tiny size, she has a huge personality, and can be very bossy.
She likes to wake her carer up at 3:30am demanding a bottle! Despite this she loves her carer and always wants to be in sight of her.

What do you think her name should be?
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LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

If you would like to donate to Wildlife Aid to help with the cost of raising animals just like this little one please visit our go fund me page
au.gofundme.com/f/wildlife-aid-assist-australian-wildlife-in-need

06/01/2021

HELP US NAME ONE OF OUR NEWEST ARRIVALS!
🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
This beautiful little girl is a red neck wallaby who was rescued by one of our volunteers after her mum was sadly hit and killed by a vehicle.

Despite her tiny size, she has a huge personality, and can be very bossy.
She likes to wake her carer up at 3:30am demanding a bottle! Despite this she loves her carer and always wants to be in sight of her.

What do you think her name should be?
🌳🌳🌳🦘🦘🦘🦘🌳🌳🌳
LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!

If you would like to donate to Wildlife Aid to help with the cost of raising animals just like this little one please visit our go fund me page
au.gofundme.com/f/wildlife-aid-assist-australian-wildlife-in-need

04/01/2021

7 tiny little Australian Wood Ducks came into care on the 14.12.2020. Sadly one little one didn’t make it.
The other 6 are growing so fast, and loving their little pool.

03/01/2021

A very big thank you to United Wambo JV Community Investment Fund Wildlife Aid for their generous grant of $4619 to assist us to purchase much needed Native Animal Enclosures and Rescue Equipment.🥰

Premium Portable Cat Enclosure Double 3.6m for bats
Triple Size Free-Standing Enclosure 5.4m
Absco Sheds 3.0 x 2.22 x 2.06m Pale Eucalypt Full Door Aviary (large birds)
Absco Sheds 1.52 x 2.96 x 1.8m Pale Eucalypt Full Door Aviary (birds)
Fido & Fletch Medium Foldable Pet Carrier 520 x 520 x 700 mm(soft) possums, joeys (roos, wombats), larger birds
Fido & Fletch Small Foldable Pet Carrier 420 x 420 x 600 mm(soft) small joeys, birds
Lazypets 510 x 330 x 330mm Small Pet 330mm Small Pet Carrier (soft) small birds, chicks, reptiles 🥰

11/12/2020

A donation of $2,500 from Peabody's Wambo Open-Cut Mine in Singleton NSW, has been gratefully accepted by Wildlife Aid Inc. This donation will contribute to vet bills and purchase special dietary food for each species, which can then be offered at a subsidised rate to our wonderful hard working carers.

Thank you Peabody Energy!

06/12/2020

The Toledo Zoo is excited to report the first documented case of biofluorescence in Tasmanian devils!

Biofluorescence refers to the phenomenon by which a living organism absorbs light and reemits it as a different color. In the case of the Tasmanian devil, the skin around their snout, eyes, and inner ear absorbs ultraviolet light (a type of light that is naturally abundant, yet invisible to humans) and reemits it as blue, visible light. It is unclear whether this instance of biofluorescence serves any ecological purpose or is simply happenstance.

Biofluorescence has recently been popularly discovered to occur in other Australian mammals such as the platypus (Anich et al. 2020) and wombat (Frankham and Travouillon 2020). Ohio native Virginia opossums (Meisner 1983) and southern flying squirrels (Kohler et al. 2019) also fluoresce under UV light. While the reasons (or lack thereof) for biofluorescence in mammals have yet to be determined, it is interesting to speculate. Evidence suggests that some bird species use UV fluorescence to attract mates (Pearn et al. 2001). Many fishes even use biofluorescence to camouflage themselves (Sparks et al. 2014).

While it is possible that Tasmanian devils evolved biofluorescence for purposes such as those above, it is also possible (though perhaps less exciting) that due to their primarily nocturnal habits, they may not encounter fluorescence-inducing levels of UV in the wild. Additionally, Tasmanian devils or other species they interact with (such as their predators or prey) may not be able to detect UV light or the resulting fluorescence.

Even if the biofluorescence is naturally occurring and detectable by a species, it would also need to influence their behavior in order for it to be considered a functional adaptation. While caution is required when interpreting these findings, one thing is for certain: the Tasmanian devil lives up to its name in all spectrums of light!

Photo: Jake Schoen, Toledo Zoo Conservation Technician.

19/11/2020

Another Brown snake found in a backyard. This one was in the downtown Singleton area, hanging out under a potting mix bag.
It was quickly removed and relocated where it won’t bother anyone.

08/11/2020

Rescued Tawnies, learning how to hunt ..