Megan's Wildlife Rescue and Care in Riverside, Tasmania | Non-profit organisation

Megan's Wildlife Rescue and Care

Locality: Riverside, Tasmania

Phone: +61 419 669 354

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24.01.2022 Got swooped at by mum and dad but I had to rescue this poor masked lapwing chick. Appears to have been hit by car laying in gutter in a pool of blood and a broken leg

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24.01.2022 *Temporary care* Middle of the night message for a small brushtail possum joey in Underwood who’s mum had been hit by car. Thanks to the lovely lady who drove her to me ... Wish I could keep her! She’s just the cutest!

24.01.2022 Mine and Wally’s favourite teat broke this morning lucky we have spares! Wally has hit 1kg!

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22.01.2022 Welcome River from Riverside River the bennetts wallaby was brought to me at 9 o’clock last night from some lovely members of the public. His mother had been hit by car only 5 houses down from my house! River has settled in well and boy isn’t he a cutie!

22.01.2022 River and Bella

19.01.2022 Wow lush green grass from the enclosure thanks mum!

19.01.2022 Stay safe and keep a lookout for our wildlife! Bonorong rescue service number - 0447 264 625

17.01.2022 Meet Jane the Masked owl. Jane came to us through our wildlife rescue service after she was hit by a car. After a full health check under general anesthetic at... our wildlife clinic, it was found that she had a badly broken leg. Our experienced vet team pinned her leg into place and is monitoring her closely with weekly check-ups. It will be a long road to recovery but we hope she can one day return to the wild. #bonorongwildlifesanctuary #bonorong #wildliferescue

16.01.2022 Beautiful! Spotted in the Freycinet National Park on Tasmania's east coast. : @thomasjckwood via Instagram

13.01.2022 Hay River (see what I did there? ) Raining days call for a warm bottle and then hay in bed River loves his hanging pouch from ARCG! ... #animalrescuecraftguide #AnimalRescueCooperative #ARC #ARCcraftguild #WIRES #petbarnfoundation See more

13.01.2022 Cuddles with me and my sister snapped these adorable photos of Wally! Check out those beautiful eyelashes

13.01.2022 I’m absolutely heartbroken to announce poor Grace passed away today She was due to see the vet today but unfortunately passed away before our appointment We still don’t know what was wrong with her and why she had diarrhoea and weight loss. It’s possible she picked something up in the environment before coming into care. We tried so many things to help her but unfortunately wasn’t enough ... RIP beautiful girl Poor Bella is missing her best friend and is now sitting on bennetts River for company.

10.01.2022 Got my Raptor Refuge 2021 calendar! Would you like to win one and a car sticker? Like, share this post and comment and be following my page! ... Winner drawn Sunday at 6pm! https://www.facebook.com/raptorrefuge/

09.01.2022 So as you know I made the decision to not care anymore a few months ago. I’m still not caring but a urgent call came in the other night for a Joey. Who was supposedly going to be shot if no carer was found. I said yes and drove 20 minutes out of town to collect her. She was severely underweight even though she’d only just lost mum. My biggest concern was mum was unwell and not feeding her properly. Possibly toxo? The plan was to only hold her for a night or two I gave her lot...s of fluid and food. Today she went onto to another carer but unfortunately on the way home she had a seizure and died Unfortunately this is the hard thing as carers and rescues we face. We don’t know what illness or disease Joeys come in with and sometimes no matter how hard you try or what you do they don’t always make it It’s heartbreaking considoring I lost 3 joeys in a row to coccidia and E.coli only a few months ago which also contributed to my decision to no longer be a carer anymore. Take care everyone and thanks for all the support

09.01.2022 Wally is in the enclosure now! Woohoo!

08.01.2022 Welcome to Grace and Bella! Two beautiful pademelon girls from Gravelly Beach! Thank you to ARCG for the lovely pouches and hanging pouches the girls love them Animal Rescue Cooperative... #AnimalRescueCraftGuide #AnimalRescueCooperative #ARC #ARCcraftguild #WIRES #petbarnfoundation

08.01.2022 Saw this idea on another wildlife rescue page. Much easier to see all my equipment rather then loosing it in a big bag

07.01.2022 Please, share this so more people can see the real hurt, the real results of roadkill. It goes further than the primary kill. Moments prior to making this pos...t public I decided to remove the ‘Graphic Image Ahead’ warning. Why? Because if it shocks or offends, then maybe it’ll save just a few of our amazing wildlife from what can be a slow, painful death. And for that I am not sorry that this may be uncomfortable for some to look at. Yes, some collisions with wildlife are unavoidable, but so many times this is not the case. Please if you have a heart, Slow The Fuck Down on rural/semi-rural roads at dusk/dawn. Find a safe place to pull over and check fresh kills for infants, alive and uninjured in pouches who are often shielded/cushioned from the impact of the car by their mothers’ body. Take them to the vet in whatever warm items you have close by, and they will call the appropriate wildlife carers. Lower their stress levels by keeping them in the dark and being as quiet as possible. Mum successfully raised and released countless Bennett’s Wallabies and Rufous Wallabies (Tasmanian Pademelons), however I do recommend they be taken to an accredited wildlife rehabilitator as selective treatment is required. A bitter/sweet memory from my childhood were the times I spent travelling in the back seat of the car between the Tasman Peninsula and Hobart, keenly scanning the dark winding road ahead of us for wildlife and letting either Mum or Dad know we’d spotted something further on. If we passed a fresh kill we HAD to go back, just to make sure there was not a joey that could be rescued. We would watch mum intently, walking towards the car, with her jacket pulled up made in to a sort of human kangaroo pouch, keenly cupping her hand so as to support the new orphan we were destined to raise until it was strong enough to be set free. It was a rare occasion in our house that we would not have one or more joeys hanging from the door handles in their cosy homemade pouches, imitating their world pre-orphaned. Sadly though, on many occasions my sister and I would watch her hesitate after checking the pouch, then determinedly drag the carcass off the road, (to help avoid scavenging animals being hit whilst feeding,i.e. Tassie Devils) walk back to the car, her head hung low with what we could determine in the brief moments of the car’s interior light as tears welling in her eyes. I drove past this little pair at mid-morning outside Snug Primary school on the nature strip. From the road it was abundantly clear there lie an infant, tucked close to his battered mother. I doubled back to rescue it, but I was too late, instantly wishing I had caught the first Bruny Ferry, wondering if the story might have ended differently for him. I’m very used to roadkill so what actually shocked me in this scenario was the line of cars filing by, so seemingly unaware of this clearly identifiable joey pademelon which looked alive. I wondered to myself why don’t people care? and why do I care?. Because roadkill is inevitable, we all know that, even beneficial for carrion hunters, but this little guy, he was still alive when he crawled next to his mother for the last comfort he would ever receive. He could have survived; he could have been spared the suffering had somebody out of the hundreds of passing vehicles dare step out of the comfort of their car. Why didn’t this attract anyone’s attention? Drivers were more interested in ogling at me while I crossed the road with the joey in one hand, gripping the mother by the tail in the other, to lay them somewhere more dignified. I get it. We’re all busy, and I certainly don’t check every single roadkill I drive past, who would have time for that since Tasmania is named Roadkill capital of the World. But if every other person does then they have a better chance! Please everybody, just think of this little guy next time you see a fresh roadkill. It takes a few moments out of your life to get them the care they need and deserve. The second photo is a happier Joey rescued by a good friend last week. Note: this post is not intended for individuals who kill/maim animals for enjoyment.

05.01.2022 Hot day tomorrow! Look after our wildlife

04.01.2022 Robigana (near gravelly beach) This poor sub adult males wallaby had been on call since 7am. He had already had 7 calls outs when I got up around 10am I headed out without having breakfast to go check on him. I saw him laying in the gutter he appeared deceased until I approached him and he stuck his head up. He had a badly broken leg I can imagine a lot of cars drove past him not knowing he was still alive ... He looks so sad!

02.01.2022 Do you remember Jane the Masked owl? Jane had a very badly broken leg after being struck by a car and as a result her leg needed to be pinned. This week she u...nderwent surgery to have part of her pin removed! She's one step closer to being fully recovered ifaw #bonorongwildlifesanctuary #bonorong #wildliferescue