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25.01.2022 Week 1 of treatment at Brindabella Hills Winery when I found this sweet girl. At first glance she doesnt look too bad but when you look closer you can see she is quite sick already. Her sides and therefore her belly is already ravaged with mange and she never stops scratching. ... She will get her 2nd dose tonight so she is going to be ok. I love her little growls at me although she was quite content having me there. Looking into her eyes it felt like she was asking me to help her In her current condition, if we don’t continue treating her, she has approximately 6-9 months to live We wouldn’t allow this to happen to a dog... we shouldn’t allow this to happen to wombats either #wombat #wombatsofinstagram #visitnsw #visitcanberra #conservation #australiangeographic #wildlifeonyourdoorstep #australianwildlife

25.01.2022 I visited Bendeela Recreation area to see how the wombats are looking as there has been some reports last year of very manged and unattended wombats. I was so happy to see 4 healthy wombats, grazing in the light drizzle and no signs of mange. Hopefully someone was allowed on site to treat them as I dont know what happened to the manged wombats but so far so good #wombat #visitnsw #kangaroovalley #mange #australianwildlife #australia #australiangeographic

24.01.2022 Treatment at Brindabella Hills Winery is in its 4th week I found this beautiful girl near the same burrow as the first one I treated. She has clear mange striations on her sides and her ears are just starting to crust over. She got her first dose just after this... She is so gentle natured and allowed me close to treat her with medicine directly onto her back I love how tolerant she is of me.. being a wild animal.. like she knew Im there to help her. I love these animals to bits #wombats #wombatsofinstagram #australianwildlife #visitnsw #animalsofinstagram #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #saveourwildlife #mange

22.01.2022 Some days are harder than others. Sometimes it feels like I'm fighting a losing battle, I feel like giving up....knowing what is out there. Sometimes when I post something confronting, I lose supporters. Sometimes I get criticised for doing it this or that way. and sometimes I want to give in to self pity But then I remember this poem from D.H. Lawrence, and it's the one thing that constantly reminds me our human species are to blame for all their misery, and we are the only ...species capable of self pity. These wombats, suffering as they are, never feel sorry for themselves and the don't carry a grudge against humans. They just get on with it, they survive day by day, until they can't go on anymore and they die. They dont die with dignity, or pain medication, or an ambulance taking them to hospital. They don't die with family nearby. They die alone, predators circling. They die in pain, months of agony finaly coming to an end. Then I realise what I feel is nothing compared to what they do, and I have no right to self pity. My battle is for them . . D.H. Lawrence

20.01.2022 Interview with ABC Canberra to talk about what wombats face, what Wombat Day means and what still needs to be done

20.01.2022 I'm so happy with how politics are shaping up in Canberra. I have never given it much hope but this year is different. For the first time I think we are going to make a difference for wombats in the ACT. It has just been announced that the new Minister of Environment is the Greens Rebecca Vassarotti MLA - Member for Kurrajong. Congratulations Rebecca, I hope I get to meet you and work together. With the inclusion of our Wombat Mange Management Program as key initiative, I am ...certain that our wombats have a better future What I would like to see is stakeholders working together to implement this plan. It's big and it's ambitious, and will require an enormous amount of work (I'm ready!) but time is critical, I want the suffering to stop. Photos like this one I never want to have to take again. I don't want to hold another dying baby in my arms or have more adult wombats shot because I couldn't help them due to barriers or misinformation or apathy from stakeholders Photo: Wombat Rescue - Wombat Usha (French for Little Bear)

19.01.2022 Raye’s bum plaques are coming off. The skin underneath was a little raw and red but no active bleeding like when the first plaques started to come off The skin underneath the plaques are healing. I still put cream all over as it eases the itching too. Having a quiet cuddle before i put her to bed

17.01.2022 The latest patient, Boo, turns out to be BennyBoo after all :) (initially Boo because of Googong -> Boogong...and Ben because it's a boy and also because Boo loves neighbour Ben's grass...so BennyBoo it is...and....ok I will stop explaining...sometimes we have to have a bit of fun giving our wombats their names :) ) Finally figured out why BennyBoo was so elusive..he found himself an awesome little hideyhole under the porch of a kind and very happy neighbour who loves to have him there and was very worried about him. He has had 4 doses by now and is already starting to look much better but the wildlife camera will keep track of his progress #wombat #wombatsofinstagram #wombatrescue #googong #australianwildlife #saveourwildlife #mange #visitnsw

15.01.2022 I love Raye so much how can you ever get enough of this.. #milkcoma #sleepingbaby While she was sleeping I found a red swollen bump like an abscess so we will be going to the vet today to have it checked out

14.01.2022 There is no greater sorrow than holding a wombat joey in your arms when they die. And you can't stop yourself from wondering if you've done enough. If you made a mistake, if you could have done more. It haunts you always, and when they die they take a little bit of you with them It has been hard knowing how many of the little ones coming into care didnt' survive. But why do they survive for months in absolute hell and agony, only to die when in care? There is a reason for thi...s. After talking this over with someone who sees the same, we had the thought that out there, they are in 100% survival mode. They never stop, they never give up because they have to stay alive, survive. It's instinct. For Thor to have had stress alopecia I'm guessing he never slept and never stopped, he kept moving. But when they come into care, they don't need to fight so hard, they don't need to keep moving anymore. So when they are warm, and safe, they can finally rest, and they just give in. Fall asleep and gently pass away. There have been many, some survived, most didn't, but these 3 little ones will always be close to my heart, they each had a unique story, they fought bravely, but it was too much for them to bear and in the end, they silently fell asleep and died peacefully

14.01.2022 Happy wombat Wednesday from Sally the rescued wombat .... this is what I would like to be doing but the day is calling.

12.01.2022 Huge congratulations to the ACT Greens and ACT Labor parties who signed a new Parliamentary and Governing Agreement yesterday. I am grateful that the Greens met with us and listened to our calls for greater support for our ACT wildlife. I'm happy to see that the Wombat Mange Management Program we have been advocating for has been included as one of the key initiatives that will be pursued over the next couple of years. Thank you Greens! I'm super excited to start engaging wit...h stakeholders to get this program off the ground and start saving our precious Wildlife in the ACT and surrounds and stop their suffering. Photo: Wombat Rescue - Wombat Dixie @ Kambah Pools

11.01.2022 Wombat Cotter update... After 5 weeks of continued intensive treatment, Cotter is looking so different. All the mange plaques have fallen off and all his raw skin has healed. Best of all his eyes are open Just want to say thank you for those who support this cause. There is no way I would be able to do what I do without the support I get. I would give anything to save them all, so for those that I can make a difference for, even if I have to spend all my hours after dark searching for a wombat :) .. I will do it

11.01.2022 Canberra: If you would like to volunteer for Wombat Rescue please email me at [email protected] For the first time ever we have a multi-organisation project to scout and map all wombat burrows in the ACT on public land.... I need more volunteers on the ground to help with this over the coming weeks If you need more info on what’s required email me please but consider getting involved as it’s a mammoth task to complete I found this manged wombat in one of the areas we will be scouting, Urambi Hills Thank you Yolandi

10.01.2022 Just a quick update on Raye.. it was an abscess and the awesome Richard at @gungahlinvet lanced, drained and flushed it beautifully. Raye is a model patient with very little fuss. Back on antibiotics and I will flush it and clean daily to make sure it heals properly

10.01.2022 This must be one of the coolest burrows I’ve ever found. The wombat can smell that a human has been there and is wary and alert. Wombats have fantastic smell and hearing but poor eyesight. This is burrow nr 4 being monitored for reinfection. So far no reinfection of mange has been documented during monitoring phase. Treatment withdrawn 12 months ago after successful population treatment concluded in area 1 #wombatsofinstagram #wombat #mange #success #visitnsw #visitcanberra #australiangeographic #wombatrescue #wombatlove #australianwildlife

08.01.2022 My midnight rescue... in the one place I would never expect a wombat... Braddon, a stone throw from Northbourne ave. Sub adult female, healthy and not acting entirely like a wild wombat. Which makes me think she was kept as a pet Please take note of this.. apart from it being illegal to keep a wombat without proper licensing, even if you have the absolute best intentions, you are doing more harm than you realise by raising a wombat as a pet ... As little one they require specialised care and food as they are lactose intolerant Wombats are not great pets and when they are bigger they become more aggressive and this is when people become less enamoured with them and dump them thinking they’ll be ok. They won’t Just like you cant send a 6 year old human child alone on a plane to Russia so you cant release a hand raised wombat without the proper life skills to survive. Without being taught how to be a wild wombat with skills they will get attacked and killed

07.01.2022 I know Wombat Day is an important day and you will likely see many cute wombat photos and videos But those little orphans cannot be released in mange infested areas, which is becoming more and more year on year It's critically important to keep pushing this message about mange, and today, when we celebrate these incredible bush engineer marsupials that we all love so much, it's even more important to know that most of them out there are suffering from this hideous parasite an...d are dying.. * Mange is terminal in wombats. When you see a wombat with mange, it's dying * Mange has spread to almost every area where you find wombats in NSW and ACT alone * It's treatable though. It's a time and resource intensive process, but possible. But in the ACT, the problem is so huge that we simply cannot do this alone. The only way forward is to work together with the ACT Government as most wombats are in conservation areas such as reserves and parks Awareness is the key factor. Once people truly understand how insidious and cruel mange is, they will never look at a manged wombat again and think it's just uncomfortable or it will all right. They will KNOW that intervention is swiftly needed, not in a few months but today. To the ACT Greens, ACT Labor and Canberra Liberals...now that the election is over, there is work to do. I know you have a lot on, but this is important too. This is happening in the city that you collectively govern and manage. We simply cannot continue turning a blind eye to wildlife suffering to this extent right under our noses. If you do see a manged wombat in the ACT, please send me a mesage or if it's beyond saving call Access Canberra on 132 281 and aks that an Urban Wildlife Ranger be contacted. * Make sure that you can give an accurate description of the exact location * If you can, stay with the wombat (I don't agree that members of the public should leave the injured or sick animal after they reported it because it is a waste of resources if the Ranger can't find it - just my personal opinion)..and especially in the case of wombats, they keep moving so if you can't show the Ranger where it is, time has been wasted and the wombat's suffering continues * Follow up if you can...it's not a perfect process and everyone does their best but I'd rather you follow up than assume it was attended to * If you can, get a photo as this helps a lot in determining the right course of action and identifying whether it's mange or not

06.01.2022 It may look funny or cute but mange is no laughing matter. This wombat is pretty miserable.. all night long she wanders around scratching scratching scratching... it’s not like a mosquito bite.. it’s more like 100,000 mosquito bites. Can you handle that? She will be dead within 6 months if she receives no treatment . Thousands of wombats across Australia are dying because unlike this girl, they are not getting treatment. ... The mites reproduce fast laying up to 3 eggs every day. Numbers increase exponentially and fast into hundreds of thousands infesting the whole wombat body. It’s the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on but I’m not the one fighting for my life. She is.. as are most wild wombats by now. The time for resting on our laurels is over..they will be endangered within the next decade or two if we keep doing what we’re doing.. which is continuing land and habitat clearing, shooting them, withholding treatment and ignoring the suffering they are enduring If there were dogs out there suffering like this, would there still be no action? Leaving a national ozzie icon and very unique animal to suffer is animal cruelty #wombat #suffering #visitnsw #visitact #abcaustralia #abccanberra Mick Gentleman MLA #australia #australiananimals #discoverwildlife #ausgeo #australiangeographic #actgovernment

06.01.2022 Yes mum of course you can use me as a footrest #wombat #wombatsofinstagram #wildwombat #cutewombat #australianwildlife #visitnsw #healthy

06.01.2022 Most who know me know I love Scottie dogs and have a scottie named Lucy. The Scottie club I belong to donated money to Wombat Rescue so I told them that Scotties and wombats are very similar.. equally stubborn, loves digging and loves to sploot A kind lady whom Ive never met in WA read this and made me this Scottie bag which I adore In an environment working in wildlife circles I find myself increasingly isolated and unsupported. Its a brutal world to live and work in for an ...empath like me as not only do I see the horrors of what humans and diseases do to wombats but also dealing with the increasing nature of toxicity, bullying and isolation which seems to be the hallmark of the wildlife world So when a stranger shows me a kindness like this, it means more than what words can describe We all do the best we can, i try to do the right thing the right way but we need more tolerance and compassion. #wombat #scottiesofinstagram #sploot #wombatsofinstagram #wombatlove #bekind

04.01.2022 What do you do when your wombat mum gives you a push? You go back for more! Meet Quincy... Kilo's joey. I am so privileged to be following the 3rd generation in this burrow. Kilo was this size when I met her and mum Lima for the first time in 2018 when they became part of the large population treatment program in Googong I wasn't sure if her joey would survive. When he was tiny, he got himself in all sorts of trouble and watching from afar through remote camera was nail biti...ng But he made it and is a beautiful boy He is keeping Kilo, first time mum, on her toes. When I saw a bitemark on his bum when he was little, I suspected he was a boy. Boys need a bit more discipline than girls (wombat mum discipline only though) and today I confirmed he is a boy indeed :)

04.01.2022 In 42 degree heat, most mammals use evaporative cooling to cool down like panting or sweating But wombats don't pant and can't sweat. In winter they have a thick coat and skin to keep them warm but in summer they are in trouble if outside in that heat. They are bound to stay underground during the day to survive On a sweltering hot day it will be an even 18 degrees deep underground, which is just perfect.... Some of these burrow are decades old. Don't be fooled, you may see an entrance and a small heap of soil but there can be a castle underneath Some burrows are so old that they can be over 30m long and have multiple tunnels. Where the tunnel ends is usually the bedding chamber where the wombat sleeps During my travels to far and remote areas I found this incredible burrow

03.01.2022 I've recently met a wonderful lady named Frances Carleton. She is many things, but what she does really well is counselling of wildlife people. She gets us. The trauma, PTSD, anger, sadness, joy, hope, despair, exhaustion and our vulnerabilities. Through WildTalk - Caring for wildlife workers and volunteers we had a lovely chat as part of her remit is doing podcasts with wildlife people...raising awareness and lifting the veil a little on what is happening behind the scenes Have a listen on the link below. Thank you Frances for this frank and open conversation

02.01.2022 I want to show what the mange plaques look like as I keep mentioning them It’s a thick crusty dead skin plaque that forms all over the wombats body, almost encapsulating them. It’s horrendous and would be suffocating Raye still has these left on her hindquarters and bum