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Possum Partners
A
unique partnership between the Junee Correctional Centre, TAFE NSW
Riverina Institute and WIRES will result in orphaned and injured
Brushtail possums being released back into the wild with a greater chance of survival.
Ellen is the Small Mammal Coordinator in WIRES Riverina and she has an amazing level of commitment to the welfare of wildlife.
The possum partnership continued with Wagga Wagga City Council and the Green Army program installing boxes upstream and downstream from the Murrumbidgee River Beach.
Sadly
the beach site is a favourite dumping ground for possums removed from
urban roof cavities and consequently there has been a significant number
of stress related injuries and illness in the possum population there
that have been brought to WIRES attention.
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