Mandurah Wildlife Rescue in Dawesville, Western Australia | Pet service
Mandurah Wildlife Rescue
Locality: Dawesville, Western Australia
Phone: +61 8 9582 3938
Address: 1400 Old Coast Road 6211 Dawesville, WA, Australia
Website: http://www.mandurahwildlife.com.au
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25.01.2022 AWARE Wildlife Rescue Inc need your assistance! Are you a resident of Dawesville Do you live or holiday in or near Southerland st and Melrose beach road area to... please help. AWARE have had 4 joeys within a week sadly die from poisoning. Each has suffered a very slow painful death. It is not clear at present whether the poisoning has occurred from tree clippings placed on verges for collection that are toxic or if it is from a chemical someone has sprayed on their garden not realising it would be toxic to kangaroos. AWARE along with Mandurah South Vets, DBCA and Perth Zoo are all working together to find the cause. This includes the process of having necropsy’s done, with fluid and blood samples sent away for analysis, to get a diagnosis of exactly what we are dealing with in the hope to prevents further deaths. We are asking residents if you have recently sprayed for pests or placed clippings out on your verge where kangaroos forage, if you could contact us and let us know what chemical has been used or what species of plant you had placed outside that they showed interest in. If you are unsure but have seen kangaroos eating a particular plant, please take a photo of the plant and inform us of the location so we can take a sample and ID the plant Please contact Ros 0407 424 048, if you have any information or further questions.
25.01.2022 Happy news on the progress of the little dove we took on a few days ago. Here's a short video of Piglet enjoying his feed. When you watch you'll know why we named him (or her) piglet!
24.01.2022 Now here's a face that only a mother could love! Our latest addition to the fold - a baby red wattle bird being cared for by one of our lovely volunteers.
23.01.2022 Hi there, if you see a baby magpie on the ground, please don't kidnap it! We have a number of baby magpies in the centre at the moment. Baby maggies on the ground may not be sick or have fallen out of their nest. Once they get to a certain size, mum and dad plonk them on the ground and keep an eye on them for the day, coming back to feed them regularly. If you take them, you really upset their parents who think they have lost their child Please print and familiarise yourselves with this fabulous flowchart created by Ease WA to know when and if to save a baby.
23.01.2022 Here are another couple of cuties for you. These baby Red Capped Parrots arrived in our Centre after falling from their nests in the storms a couple of weeks ago.
22.01.2022 Meet Yoda, our latest guest. He came in a couple of days ago, probably another one who fell out of his nest. He did have a bit of a bung eye, but it just needed cleaning. He'll stay in a hot box for a few days then be moved out to spend time with Blue and Hedwig (our other Tawnies) until he's ready to be released. And thank you to one of our lovely followers who has adopted Yoda. That helps us so much with paying for his food and upkeep while he's with us. If anyone else would like to adopt one of our animals, you can go to our website www.mandurahwildlife.com.au and fill in an adoption form.
21.01.2022 Recently one of our volunteers rescued two magpies inHalls Head that were unable to move. Initially she thought they had been hit by a car, but the wonderful people at Halls Head Small Animal Clinic quickly diagnosed them with Black and White disease which causes paralysis. Sadly the male magpie could not be saved, but some intensive care at Mandurah Wildlife Rescue has meant the female has recovered and been released back to her mob. If you see any magpies who seem alert but are unable to get away from you, please contact our centre or the people at WildCare to collect them and take them to the vet's for a check-over. Here is an article with more details about this nasty disease: https://www.perthnow.com.au//mystery-disease-ravaging-was-
21.01.2022 Vote for Mandurah Wildlife Rescue to share in $200,000 worth of grants. Please click the link and vote: https://mygivingcircle.org/cha/mandurah-wildife-rescue-inc
20.01.2022 Good morning everyone. Here's a picture of a beautiful Splendid Wren to brighten your day. We also have a special request if we may. If you have any old hand towels or face cloths you no longer need we would love to have them. We use them to line the nests for our baby birds. Please ring us on 9582-3938 if you have any you can donate to us. Many thanks :-)
20.01.2022 Thank you so much to the Peel Health Campus and Rasmsay Care for providing a grant to Mandurah Wildlife Rescue so we can continue our essential work.
20.01.2022 Some good news this morning: This Kookaburra came into the centre a few weeks ago after being hit by a car. It couldn't stand properly or fly. It took nearly two weeks before it was able to keep its balance. Once it stabilised it was put out into our big pre-release flight aviary to regain its strength and start flying efficiently. It's now been released back to the property where it was found. You can see how eager it was to get back home!
19.01.2022 Thanks to the wonderful people at Doral Mineral Sands, the Intensive Care Unit of Mandurah Wildlife now has a brand new hot water system. This allows us to ensure that the correct standards of cleanliness and prevention of cross-contamination are guaranteed in our unit. This would not have happened without a grant from Doral Mineral Sands. Many thanks to them and Jordeana Cain for facilitating this grant. It is much appreciated.
19.01.2022 Hi there, the son of our volunteers is hiking the full length of the Bibbulmun Track to raise money for Mandurah Wildlife Rescue. We would love it if you could donate and share the link to encourage others to donate too.
19.01.2022 Mandurah Wildlife Rescue would like to say a huge thank you to Edith Baker and her sister Fay Tilby. Fay donated to Mandurah WIldlife on behalf of her sister Edith Baker who passed away in May. We would also like to say special thank you to Graeme Skinner for his expertise to ensure that Edith's wishes were carried out. According to Fay, Edith always loved animals and enjoyed caring for wildlife which she did for many years. Edith has left a legacy to many organizations that love and care for animals. MWR is sincerely grateful to be one of them and for this thoughtful and most generous gift. A wonderful legacy.
19.01.2022 Meet some of our wonderful volunteers. Today Mandurah Wildlife Rescue had a BBQ to thank our volunteers for their efforts over the last year. Here's a few pictures of the event.
18.01.2022 And here's the happy outcome after 5 weeks of tender loving care. One happy, healthy bobtail ready for release back into the wild. Don't you just love a good news story!
18.01.2022 It's nesting season and one clever young lady has worked out we're the perfect place to get what she needs to create a nice cosy nest for her little ones.
17.01.2022 Mandurah Wildlife Rescue needs your vote. The Australian Ethical Foundation has shortlisted us for a grant to improve our ICU unit and pay for veterinarian visits. The centre does look after some of the cuddly injured and sick wildlife, but we also look after the less pretty, or could be described as the more ugly creatures. We are a 100% volunteer organisation and every dollar helps. Follow the link below and vote for the Mandurah Wildlife Rescue. https://www.australianethical.com.au//fo/community-grants/ And please share the heck out of this post with all your friends and family on FaceBook. Thanks Mandurah Wildlife Rescue
17.01.2022 So here's something a bit different! A truck lost its load just outside the entrance to the Centre. Traffic lanes have been modified while they work out how to shift this lot, but the centre is still accessible if you need to visit us. Just let the nice traffic controllers know where you're headed.
17.01.2022 It's a busy day today! And here's some more good news. :-) We had a couple come in this morning with a baby wattlebird that had fallen out of its nest. They picked it up and bought it in to us, and commented that mum and dad wattlebird were flying around, frantic that their baby was being taken away. We showed them how to make a nest, and suggested they pop the baby back in the same tree in the new nest. As soon as they did, mum and dad started feeding their bub again and were as happy as Larry. Which just goes to show that the old story about not touching babies because mum and dad will reject them is a furphy!
16.01.2022 Just in time for summer, and thanks to some generous people, the air conditioning system for our main building is now running well due to the generosity of two people. Wal Taylor from Metalflex's Jandakot branch (https://www.metalflex.com.au/) kindly donated the parts, and Martin from Four Seasons (https://fourseasonswa.com.au) did the work. Martin spent time assessing our system and even went up into the roof space with the possums to check out what was needed. On a return visit he moved the controls to a more accessible area and did all of the repairs and adjustments necessary. MWR - animals and human- are most appreciative and would like to thank both Wal and Martin for their donations of parts, expertise and time to do this work for us at no cost to Mandurah Wildlife Rescue. Such generosity is always appreciated.
15.01.2022 We're looking for a metal filing cabinet! Do any of you lovely people have a 2 drawer metal filing cabinet you no longer need? It needs to be structurally intact so we can store seed in it and stop the mice snacking on our birdseed. Please ring our office on 9582-3938 if you can help.
15.01.2022 OMG! How lucky are we! We've just received a grant from Australian Ethical (www.australianethical.com.au) that we can use to continue our important work here in the Peel Region. Thanks so much to Australian Ethical!
15.01.2022 Here's an update on our own Forest Gump. If you remember he was bought in with some leg injuries that have required several months of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. The good news is that he is well on the way to recovery now. Here he is doing some physio and shedding last year's skin to reveal the lovely shiny new scales underneath.
15.01.2022 PLEASE SHARE! This year the wildlife centres in Perth are seeing a spike in unusual cases of completely naked feldgling red-capped parrots. These birds are not... babies and should be fully feathered and flying by this age. If you find any birds looking like this please take them directly to your local wildlife hospital. Darling Range Wildlife Shelter and some of the other centres are working towards getting some answers as to what is causing this presentation. But we ask everyone to please help by notifying us if you see or find any parrots looking like this so that we can hopefully find out what is causing this. Thanks everyone.
14.01.2022 Here's something to ponder: Thanks to one of our wonderful volunteers for pointing this out. I am now going to get very up close and personal with the local maggies now.
14.01.2022 Fabulous news! Two of our bobbies were released back into the wild today. They certainly didn't hang around! So good to see them back where they belong.
14.01.2022 You can tell it's baby bird season. We're super busy dealing with baby birds coming to grief. Here's the latest bit of fun: two of our volunteers went to help get a baby butcherbird back in its nest. The nest was a bit higher than they could reach so they made a new nest a bit lower down. They went back a bit later to see if it had worked,. The parents were there but not taking interest in the new nest. So, Plan B involved a 4wd backed under a tree so one of the volunteers could reach the original nest. It worked! And, lo and behold, when they checked, there were another 2 surprises in the nest. What a bonus!
13.01.2022 Remember that picture I put up the other day of a couple of baby Red Caps? Well, I thought you might like to see how they're going. Thanks to the fabulous work of our volunteers, they have grown so much! If you would like to become a volunteer at the Mandurah Wildlife Rescue Centre, we have three places available at our orientation session on Sunday. Visit our website and follow the prompts to register. You can volunteer for just an hour a week if that's all you can manage.
13.01.2022 Since joining Mandurah Wildlife Rescue I have been amazed at the animals that live right in town with us that we're generally not aware of. Like this little fellow: An oblong tortoise found heading for someone's front door on Randell Street in the middle of Mandurah. He was picked up and taken care of until one of our volunteers could collect him. After a thorough check up and a stay at our friends at the Turtle Oblonga Rescue and Rehabilitation Network, he will be rehomed somewhere safer than the middle of Mandurah. After a thorough check-up and a stay at our friends the Turtle Oblonga Rescue and Rehabilitation Network, he will be released somewhere safer than the middle of Mandurah.
13.01.2022 Financial members of Mandurah Wildlife Rescue are invited to attend our annual general meeting at 11.00 am on October 25, 2020 at 1400 Old Coast Road, Mandurah. We would love you to come along and meet your new board of directors.
12.01.2022 Hey lovely people - here's a way to help the environment and help Mandurah Wildlife too. We are taking part in the Containers for Change scheme. You can bring your containers for recycling to us at 1400 Old Coast Road, or quote our ID number if you drop them off somewhere else. Your contribution will help us continue our good work here at the centre. Remember to quote our ID number: C10266251.
12.01.2022 Hello folks. A story in two parts so you can see the videos in the right order. 5 weeks ago a bobtail was handed in after being found on a pool cover blanket very cold and wet. It had neurological problems, stargazing, unable to walk properly, eat or drink. It was a challenge! With advice from Carol the bobtail guru at Kanyana Wildlife a treatment and supportive care plan was put in place. The volunteers at Mandurah Wildlife worked tirelessly to give the little bobtail a ch...ance. This video of the poor thing when it first arrived at our centre. See the follow up post to see how well our little patient has done. See more
12.01.2022 Here's a story to gladden your heart. These two gorgeous bobtails were found at the bottom of a swimming pool and looked as if they were dead. The wonderful owner of the pool jumped in, got them and did CPR on their tiny little bodies. After a minute or so they spat out the water in their lungs and came around. They're with us now for some R&R before we release them back into the wild (well away from swimming pools!). So, if you find a bobbie at the bottom of your pool don't think it's dead, try a bit of CPR. You never know!
11.01.2022 Here's a short movie of our Kookaburra being released. Isn't that so special!
11.01.2022 Our local maggie has worked out we're a good source of nesting material. Here she is back again attacking a rug for some nice soft lining for her nest.
11.01.2022 Baby bird season has started! Here's our first guest for the season. A baby Dove. Baby birds, like people, need to learn to stand up properly. They tend to practice by perching on the edge of the nest. And sometimes it doesn't go so well! But good news for this one, it's been taken under the wing of one of our most experienced volunteers for some care. Did you see what I did there??? Under the wing!
10.01.2022 Here's a lovely picture to take you into the weekend. It's a close up of the lovely little Martin that one of our volunteers has been looking after. Isn't it so sweet!
10.01.2022 A huge thank you to Bunnings Halls Head and Taubmans for donating paint to allow us to paint our hospital and offices. Check out https://www.bunnings.com.au/stores/wa/halls-head, and https://www.taubmans.com.au/homeowners.
09.01.2022 It's double votes value this weekend on My Giving Circle. Please click on the link and vote for Mandurah Wildlife to receive a share of $200,000. You can vote again tomorrow - and the next day - and the next day... https://mygivingcircle.org/cha/mandurah-wildife-rescue-inc/
09.01.2022 God morning. Please be aware that MWR is without power and phones, possibly until lunchtime. In the meantime here is a charming picture of one of our guests to brighten your day.
09.01.2022 We are so lucky to have a large piece of land to take care of all our animals. And, sometimes, we're lucky enough to have some of the locals drop by for a visit. Like this gorgeous bird who called by to say hello to our Blue, our resident Tawny.
08.01.2022 Hi Folks, A gentle reminder to please click on the link and vote for us to receive a share of $200,000 worth of grants from My Giving Circle. The organisations that receive the most votes receive a share of the grant money. Please click and vote: https://mygivingcircle.org/ch/mandurah-wildife-rescue-inc/
07.01.2022 Mandurah Wildlife Rescue Year in Review 2020
06.01.2022 Tawnies build really crummy nests - as you can see in the photo I took of one near where I live. That's why we end up with little tackers like this guy to look after. Not to worry - it's doing well. Although it thinks our only role in life is to feed it!
05.01.2022 Here's a short video showing the wonderful work done by our volunteers. This baby Martin came into the centre 10 days ago. Our wonderful Linda has been caring for it at home during that time which means regular feeds night and day. And you can see the results here. Hopefully it will soon be strong enough to be released back into the wild soon.
05.01.2022 Hi there, if any of you bank with P&N Bank I'd love it if you could follow this link and vote for Mandurah Wildlife Rescue to receive a grant from them. Mandurah Wildlife Rescue help rehabilitate and release up to 2000 injured native animals a year. Everyone there is a volunteer, and we rely entirely on donations to keep going. https://www.pnbank.com.au/helping
03.01.2022 Interested in volunteering at Mandurah Wildlife? Our orientation sessions take place on a regular basis, on-site at 1400 Old Coast Road, Dawesville. Send an email to [email protected] and she will respond with more details of times, dates and availability as well as some general information.
01.01.2022 Hi folks, it would be great if the people of Peel could get involved in this activity. We have some Quendas onsite at Mandurah Wildlife Rescue so we'll definitely be taking part. If you're interested, click on the link below.
01.01.2022 After a good feed, all you need is a nice long nap. Who can relate to that? You might have noticed the maggies are nesting. And that, sadly, means we are getting baby magpies in here to be taken care of. Do remember not to take a young magpie that's on the ground if there are other mature magpies nearby unless it's obviously sick or injured. Once they're old enough, mum and dad let the youngsters find their feet on the ground and keep an eye on them.
