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Possum Surprise

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The mechanics at Sydney City Toyota casually put the car on their hoist the other morning but found more than they had bargained for when they looked underneath the vehicle! Up underneath the car near the front wheels was a very scared but otherwise unharmed brushtail possum. The business called... read more

Carpet Python hitches a ride

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

WIRES was called out to Rosehill to the commercial premises of CHEP, the pallet and container supplier after a driver unloading after a trip from Queensland found an unusual passenger. Entwined around one of the pallets was a large carpet python. The thoughtful employee's at the site carefully place a... read more

Green Tree Snake

Monday, February 28, 2011

The WIRES rescue ambulance was called out to a northern Sydney suburb when a green tree snake was found entangled in netting. Our ambulance operator had to proceed very carefully to ensure the reptile was removed from the netting with as quickly as possible. She had been trying to get... read more

Mother and joey reunited

Monday, February 21, 2011

At midday on 5 February when the temperature was 41.5 degrees, WIRES carer Lynda got a call to rescue a very young ringtail possum at Mt Ku-ring-gai. Lynda organised for the possum to be picked up. The possum had been severely injured by a cat and had his back leg... read more

Cygnets adrift in flooding

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Three eggs were found floating in floodwater as the floods swept through northern NSW. Their nest had been washed away by the flood. The girl who found them took them home to her sister, new WIRES carer Cherry, who was able to borrow an incubator to keep them safe and... read more

Endangered Joey cut off by floods

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Dianne's son was out looking at the flood waters at Tabulam in northern NSW when he came across a dead wallaby hit by a car. Being responsible even in the midst of the flooding, he checked the pouch and this little threatened species Red-legged Pademelon joey was saved. Dianne called... read more

Flooding impacts on wildlife

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Wildlife battered by floodwaters in southern and northern New South Wales face a long road to recovery. Joeys washed from their mothers' pouches, waterlogged birds unable to find food and destroyed habitats are among our greatest concerns. WIRES general manager Leanne Taylor said birds in the Clarence Valley and Northern... read more

Sugar Glider - Rough start to the year

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

This little Sugar Glider had a rough start to the new year, being found on the road in the north of the state on New Year's Day. Gliders are rarely hit by cars so there had to be another reason why this little fellow was in trouble. It turned out... read more

Jellybean - Possum Rescue & Recovery

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Jellybean, a juvenile Brushtail possum was found by a motorist near the Weigelli Aboriginal Centre on Pine Mount Road, Woodstock. (Her name came from Wei-gelli). She was found on the road near her dead mother. The damage to her head was caused by her skidding along the tarred road after... read more

New Carer tends to Echidna

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

My husband and I joined WIRES, early this year and the 2 day training course was excellent I have done some shifts on the 24 hour Hotline and 3 weeks ago our first echidna. Mr Big , as we call him, came into our care as a result of a... read more

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