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Koala hit by coal train - amazing survival story

Thursday, July 2, 2015

ABC New England North West recently interviewed one of our volunteers in Gunnedah about an amazing story of survival. Martine is a WIRES volunteer in Gunnedah and in March she was asked to care for koala who had been run over by a loaded coal train. Listen to the full... read more

Mystery chick

Thursday, June 18, 2015

June 28 deadline for submissions

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

The review of Biodiversity Legislation in NSW and the new draft Conservation Bill 2016 is under scrutiny not just from conservation organisations. The respected Wentworth Group of concerned scientists have written to MP's expressing serious concerns with a number of the proposed changes. In a letter to all MP's the... read more

Road trip rescue - all in a days volunteering

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Vicki and Anthony are both WIRES members who live in a regional area in South West NSW, about 100 km north of Wagga. They are members of our Riverina Branch which covers a vast area of southern NSW. Vicki and Anthony are both trained raptor carers.  They recently had a... read more

Blue-faced honeyeater

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Did you know that in many parts of Australia the Blue-faced honeyeater is one of the first birds heard calling in the morning? They feed on mainly insects but also nectar, as you can see here, and exotic and native fruits which in some parts of northern Australia means they... read more

Helping Wildlife after Storm Events

Friday, May 1, 2015

Strong winds and heavy rain can put wildlife under extreme stress. How you can help: After the storm has passed and it is safe to do so please check under trees for fallen chicks, nests or injured birds. Some birds will be waterlogged and on the ground unable to fly.... read more

Web catches Superb Fairy Wren

Friday, March 6, 2015

This beautiful male Superb Fairy Wren was found one recent morning by WIRES volunteer, Kay. He was caught in a cobweb! If anyone else has had experience with this we would love you to share?  The web had been spun between lower branches of a tree and this poor little... read more

Pademelon joey rescued from roadside

Friday, February 6, 2015

The mother of this young joey was killed by a car some time during the night, the car did not stop. Early this morning a passing motorist noticed the little and not yet furred joey trying to get out of the pouch. The joey was given a helping hand, wrapped... read more

Bushfire-animal rescue

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

WIRES attends many emergency situations such as flying-foxes caught on power lines where power companies and WIRES work together to save animals. During bushfires we are on standby to get onto fire grounds when the RFS declares the area safe. If the fire service finds a native animal during a... read more

Koalas struggling with fragmented habitat

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Many of our native species are struggling with fragmentation and loss of habitat and our rescue call volumes are rapidly escalating. We are expecting more than 27,000 rescue calls to help wildlife this spring, many related to the lack of safe habitat. A rescue story from last year that received... read more