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The love life of a Brush-tailed phascogale

Monday, June 18, 2012

These unusual Australian marsupials that many people have never heard of have unusual mating habits. They go into a frenzy of continuous mating for a period of three weeks between May and July and after exhausting themselves, the males die. According to WIRES Northern Rivers coordinator Lib Rutyenberg, an underweight,... read more

Bearded Dragon Hatching

Sunday, June 3, 2012

A heavily pregnant (gravid) female Bearded Dragon was rescued by WIRES after being attacked by a cat. She was in care with reptile carer, Gary and on a course of antibiotics trying to recover from her injuries when she laid 26 fertile eggs. The Bearded Dragon eggs and some extra... read more

Long term patient released in the far south

Monday, May 21, 2012

In October last year two very caring people, Lynne and Alex found a very sick and exhausted Hawksbill turtle on a beach on the far south coast. The turtle was initially cared for by WIRES member Janine. After his stay with Janine, Motchy, as he came to be known was... read more

Corporate Car conundrum

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

WIRES rescue line in the northern rivers area of NSW received a call from a driver on his way from Woodburn to Lismore. He had stopped to assist another driver after he saw their approaching vehicle pull over very suddenly! Driving the other vehicle was a young Norco employee in... read more

Bandicoot stuck in drain

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

This adult male Long-nosed bandicoot had to be rescued by WIRES in northern Sydney this week where he had been found by a gardener stuck in a drain. The very kind gardener had tried for some time to rescue him. Eventually after removing the grate on the drain he was... read more

Brown tree snake

Monday, April 23, 2012

Walking in to your kitchen you would not expect to see a snake curled up on the kitchen shelf, this is exactly what Helen in the far north of NSW encountered recently. She immediately called WIRES and was advised to leave the windows open so it could vacate the kitchen... read more

Flood impact in southern NSW

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The recent flooding around NSW has had an impact on wildlife with a number of flood affected animals coming into care at our Riverina Branch.Orphaned Eastern grey joey - this young eastern grey joey (about 9 months old) was seen falling out of her mothers pouch as as she was... read more

Sacred Kingfisher

Monday, March 19, 2012

This sacred kingfisher was found outside of the local Bunnings at Bathurst. He was quite concussed when he was found after he had collided with the window of the hardware store. His wings looked fine and he was put in an aviary for the night for observation. The next morning... read more

Sea-eagle inland rescue

Sunday, March 4, 2012

While the range for White-bellied sea-eagles does extend to inland Australia they are more commonly seen in coastal areas. This is only the second time WIRES records show a bird in care in inland NSW. Earlier this year one came into our Murray River branch after being observed by fishermen... read more

Brushtail possum

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Late last week our WIRES Rescue Ambulance was called to the Veolia terminal at Clyde, in western Sydney, where an injured brushtail possum had been found. A rubbish truck had returned from their run and emptied out the load when they spotted a juvenile brushtail possum climbing slowly out of... read more

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