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Bushfire and Heatwave advice for helping wildlife

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

During periods of extended high temperatures you can help local wildlife by providing containers of fresh, cool water. Make sure you have a few sticks or stones in bowls or containers so that if small creatures fall in they can make it back out. Where possible refresh the water frequently... read more

WIRES 2017 Australia Day Photo Competition

Friday, January 13, 2017

Open for entries from 13th January, 2017. To enter you simply have to like and then private message your wildlife images to WIRES facebook page. You can also register to receive emails notifying you of the finalists and the competition winners.  Images should be native animals/birds ideally observed and photographed in... read more

Wildlife susceptible to heat

Friday, December 2, 2016

Food shortage causing high rate of abandoned pups

Friday, November 18, 2016

We have seen a dramatic increase in underweight and abandoned flying-fox pups during early November. The pups are being abandoned due to a shortage of natural food along the NSW coast, a combination of fewer flowering eucalypts and fruiting trees this season and the ongoing deforestation around coastal areas of... read more

WIRES website is now multilingual

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

It is important that everyone who visits WIRES website is able to access information quickly and easily. It is especially important to ensure everyone is able to find out how to call WIRES to quickly make a report about native wildlife requiring assistance.    We are pleased to announce that... read more

Spring will bring 25,000 calls for help

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

In the past financial year WIRES received a record number of calls for rescue advice and assistance, over 77,600 calls in 12 months!  In the next 3 months 25,000 animals are expected to need help. We can assist them, with your support Leanne Taylor, CEO of WIRES, reports a rise in... read more

Young flying-foxes struggling due to a lack of food

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

We are currently receiving an increased volume of calls about young flying-foxes needing help. The main locations of concern are in the east, inner west and Penrith areas of Sydney where there seems to be the most reports of animals in distress. Young flying-foxes are struggling as there is a... read more

Give Plovers a little love and understanding

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Plover breeding season has started and our rescue line is receiving many calls from members of the community asking for swooping plovers to be relocated. Attempts have been made in the past to relocate the eggs and nests to a more suitable location - the parent birds rarely follow, resulting in... read more

Animal Collisions peak in winter

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

AAMI Insurance statistics show that more animal collisions occur in winter. Please look out for wildlife on our roads, read our wildlife road awareness information  & download WIRES free rescue app so that you have wildlife emergency advice and contact numbers at hand. Examination of almost 20,000 claims reported in 2015 shows that animal collisions peak... read more

Python takes refuge in engine bay

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Darren Keane, a photographer from Melbourne, was on his way to Protester Falls in the north of NSW recently when he came across a Coastal carpet python slowly crossing the road. Knowing that the reptile was in danger on the road he stopped to slow approaching traffic, however he had... read more