Basil Brush Wildlife Rescue

27/02/2025

🚨 New Merch Alert Customizable for You! 🚨

We’re changing things up! Instead of pre-printed stock, YOU now get to choose the design and colour for our merch, and we’ll print it in-house just for you.

🌟 Now Available: Kids' zipper hoodies!
💡 How It Works: Pick your favourite design and colour, and we’ll print it exactly how you like it! No more being limited to pre-made stock – it’s all about what YOU love.

👀 Coming Soon:
🦶 Gumboots (perfect for outdoor adventures!)
👕 Adult-coloured hoodies, same pick your design and colour approach!

🛒 Every purchase helps us reach our next goal! All proceeds from this merch will go towards raising the remainder amount for our reverse-cycle air conditioner to keep our wildlife in care comfortable. Once we reach this goal, we’ll be back to raising funds for land to safely release wildlife.

So jump on over to our shop and see what tickles your fancy! Your purchase not only gets you awesome gear but also helps us continue our vital work.

💚 Thank you for your support , every little bit makes a huge difference! And remember to share

👉 Shop now: https://www.wombatwisdom.shop/


Wombat Wisdom Wildlife Care

07/02/2025

📣 UPDATE - We have been inundated with kind offers for supplies so thank you everyone who has tagged, messaged and called. For now, we have enough of what we need, and will be in contact over the coming days with individual people to organise pick and drop offs 📣

URGENT CALL FOR SUPPLIES 🔥

Our teams are working around the clock in catastrophic conditions, treating wildlife caught in the devastating fires. Every day, we’re faced with severe burns, dehydration, and suffering - and we desperately need more supplies to keep going.

💔 We’re running low on essential items, and we need your help!

📌 Items urgently needed:
✅ Saline bags (expired is OK!)
✅ Silver burns dressings
✅ Large pouches (for macropods 🦘)
✅ Towels (clean but used is fine!)
✅ Bottled water & saline (for irrigation & hydration)
✅ Image stabilising binoculars (for spotting injured wildlife from a distance 🔭)

If you can help with any of the above, please get in touch ASAP. These supplies directly save lives - we simply can’t do this without them.

📧 Contact us at: [email protected]
📍 Drop-off details: we have drop off locations at Dunkeld, Officer or Templestowe

Please share to help share 🙏

📸 Dr Audrey Shen

06/02/2025

I try my best to help out when I can
Wombat Wisdom Wildlife Care
Does an amazing job, thank you for all your hard work

A massive Thank you to Jo at Basil Brush Wildlife Rescue for your donation of 5kg Divetalac for our babies, you are amazing always help out when you can, we love you ❤️❤️
Wombat Wisdom Wildlife Care

03/02/2025

Little Whitney chillin with Jade, well not really chillin in thus heat but snuggling ❤️❤️
We are raising funds for an air conditioner to help us keep our beautiful babies cool this summer so if you can help out please spare or share ❤️
We love ya all to the burrow and back ❤️❤️❤️
Wombat Wisdom Wildlife Care
https://www.paypal.me/wombatwisdomwildlife

08/01/2025

30/06/2024

27/06/2024

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14/06/2024

We are urgently seeking a shelter for the soft release of three wombats (each will weigh 10-12kg for a spring release).

As well as this, after our little Cosi, Onyx, and Ned find a suitable spot, we have made the tough decision to no longer be available to take on wombat care for the forseeable future.

This has been an incredibly hard and heartbreaking decision for us to make, but without a secure spot for us to release, taking more wombats under our care would not be prioritizing their wellfare. We will be exploring permanent options as caring for these wombats are my passion.

Please, if you are a shelter and can assist, don't hesitate to contact us to make arrangements for our little wisdom for their smooth transition back into nature.

We will still remain available for care of reptiles (except snakes), birds, and echidna's, as well as rescues and delegation of wildlife to local shelters for rehabilitation.

Thank you for your ongoing support as well as your understanding during this challenging time.
Wombat Wisdom Wildlife Care

03/06/2024

Wildlife Care Inc East Gippsland are a group of passionate people dedicated to the rehabilitation and care of our injured, sick and orphaned Australian Wildlife.

04/04/2024

Do you want to make a positive and practical contribution to the welfare of native animals in your area?

New dates and locations for Wildlife Victoria's Basic Rescue and Transport training have now been released with sessions running from May to October in both regional and metro locations across Victoria.

Alongside in-person training we've launched an online, standalone transporter training module. This is a great way to commence your journey into wildlife rescue with your role limited to transporting native animals.

To find out more and to register your interest, head to wildlifevictoria.org.au/events

01/04/2024

If you see a deceased kangaroo, please stop to see if it is a female and check the pouch.

27/02/2024

18/02/2024

Our beautiful cozi
Look how big she is now

14/02/2024

Due to power outage, I am not contactable by Facebook or phone so please call Wildlife Victoria

04/02/2024

RIP George
He always gave me great advice and was always a pleasure to talk to. I’m so sorry for your loss. He was a great man and a great man for our local swans.

01/02/2024

Fruitbat Rescue this morning thank you, Catherine for coming to the Rescue .
Unfortunately fruit bats can’t see Barbwire fence, so the pink tape along the top of the barbwire Fence makes it stand out for the fruit bats and any other wildlife, so they don’t fly into it. Great idea for farmers to avoid fruitbats and other wildlife getting caught up in our fences. 

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas from Basil Brush wildlife shelter
Little cozi 🎄
(This photo is photo shopped) we don’t pose our animals in care for photos.