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25.01.2022 Birdseye view as our team go in to the fire ravaged areas of the mid-south coast NSW to help @wireswildliferescue locate injured animals. #wildliferescue #bushfirerescue #bushfirerecovery #wires #dronesforgood

24.01.2022 Thank you for your sacrifice and we will remember you always.

21.01.2022 Ripper Rescue Alliance working with WIRES

21.01.2022 Ripper Rescue Alliance member, The Ripper Group and their Tech partner UTS(University of Technology Sydney) are proud to be made a finalist in the AAUS (Australian Association for Unmanned Systems) in the Innovation category. The Innovation Award recognises organisations that have designed a new product, a new service, a new production or manufacturing process contributing to the advancement of the unmanned systems industry. AAUS promotes the adoption and integration of unmanned systems into applications that serve civilian and military needs. Entry = University of Technology Sydney and The Ripper Group (artificial Intelligence technologies and ultra-low latency live streaming from drones). Westpac UTS: University of Technology Sydney #westpaclittleripper #dronesforgood #eyesinthesky #ai #sharkspotter #crocspotter #drones #australia

20.01.2022 Big thank you to Westpac for supporting our work with WIRES. @westpac @wireswildliferescue @therippergroup @australian_uav . #westpaclittleripper #wireswildliferescue #dji #ai #rescueanimals #australia #ripperalliance #ripperrescuealliance #bushfirerecovery #bushfire #hitech #WIRESwildliferescue #wildliferescue #dronesforgood #searchandrescue #workingtogether #australia #bushfireaction #collaboration #eyesinthesky #uav #rippergroup #auav l #swoopaero #RRAWIRESwildliferescue #rescuerecoveryrepair #innovation #technology

20.01.2022 https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au//8a2f5a5be5ecc76db0c77d9

20.01.2022 Repost // These Western Red Kangaroos know when to get out of the rain. It is shame it wasnt so easy for our Westpac Little Ripper pilots performing a site reconnaissance before some night operations. We will be using thermal cameras on the Westpac Little Ripper for research into marsupial core temperatures. We will then use this data to continue to build our knowledge so we can find injured wildlife in the fire grounds. @westpac @wireswildliferescue @ripperaviationacademy @therippergroup #westpaclittleripper #wireswildliferescue #eyesinthesky #searchandrescue #dronesforgood #ai #research #dji #bushfiresaustralia #currumbinwildlifehospital

20.01.2022 Click the link below to get a birds-eye view from one of our Alliance members, AUAV's drones working in the Shoalhaven 20 Jan, the PANO is interactive so zoom in and out and look around at the fire damage of this area.

19.01.2022 THE RIPPER RESCUE ALLIANCE HAS COMMENCED PATROLLING FOR WILDLIFE IMPACTED BY THE BUSHFIRES NEW SOUTH WALES. The Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail reports - David M...ills and Louise Starkey, News Corp Australia Network January 24, 2020 7:50am "NSW rescue group WIRES partnered with tech company AUAV and The Ripper Group yesterday morning to fly drones fitted with infra-red cameras into previously inaccessible areas around Batemans Bay and Mogo. The Ripper Rescue Alliance drones started their operation around 3am optimum time, group co-ordinator Ben Trollope said, for the infra-red cameras to track the heat signature of the wildlife on the ground. Australia accused of sleepwalking to catastrophe as nation starts to count bushfire toll on wildlife As Australia begins to assess the bushfires devastating impact on native wildlife, there are fears for many individual species, and different views on what the top priorities should be. Koalas could become extinct in eastern Australia within a generation and as many as 100 species of plants and animals completely wiped out across the country as a result of the horror bushfire season, experts believe. The number of animals killed is almost impossible to quantify, but estimates based on existing wildlife density patterns suggest a tally in excess of one billion. Part of the reason why we have such a poor grasp of the bushfires impact on native animals is that monitoring in Australia has been really quite poor over the past 20 years, said Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology from Sydney Universitys School of Life and Environmental Sciences. As a nation weve been sleepwalking to this catastrophe, he said. Its going to be some time before we get in to assess whether particular species are still there or not, but anywhere from 20 to 100 plants and animal species that were already threatened were in the path of the fires and would be at real risk. Among the anticipated losses is the long-footed potoroo, a member of the rat kangaroo family which had a small range in Victorias Gippsland region and southern NSW. As far as we can tell, almost all of its habitat has been burnt, Prof Dickman said. The bushfire catastrophe would also likely claim some species that had only been identified in the past five years, including two insectivorous marsupials native to south east Queenslands scenic rim region: the silver headed antechinus and the black tailed dusky antechinus. BIG FEARS FOR KOALA POPULATIONS Koala populations have been severely impacted by the blazes, with estimates that 8000 have been killed in bushfires in northern NSW and as many as 30,000 on Kangaroo Island. Dr Stuart Blanch from WWF Australia said koalas in eastern Australia were on track for extinction by the year 2050, but the 2019/2020 bushfires have brought that extinction timeline forward. Koala numbers in northern NSW and Queensland declined by 42 per cent between 1990 and 2016, mainly because of habitat loss brought on by land clearing, deforestation and climate change, Dr Blanch said. The Queensland government provided similarly grim statistics when it launched a koala conservation draft strategy in December, with the state environment minister Leeanne Enoch claiming that koala populations have decreased by 50-80 per cent in southeast Queensland habitat areas over about 20 years. WWFs warning about koalas being wiped out in eastern Australia had been calculated on the population declining at a steady rate, Dr Blanch said, but climate impacts including drought and bushfires are happening a lot quicker than expected so its reasonable to conclude the extinction risk will come well before 2050. Between one quarter and one half of Australias koala population could have perished in the current bushfire season, he said. Prof Dickman said at least half the animals habitat on Kangaroo Island and one quarter of its range in northern NSW had been destroyed this bushfire season Thats a big hit but he stressed that there were still areas for the animals that had not been destroyed. Koalas do have a big range, and even though the fires have covered over 10 million hectares theres still a very large area of koala habitat that remains unburnt, he said. The plight of the eucalyptus-munching marsupial in the bushfires has dominated coverage of the crisis, but koala conservation efforts would flow on to other native animals, he added. The Queensland state governments proposed plan to protect more than 570,000 hectares of land for koalas would also offer protection to other beautiful charismatic marsupials, forest birds, reptiles and all the invertebrates associated with the forest, Prof Dickman said. So, if you like, the koala is a fantastic umbrella species. Some 34 native mammal species had become extinct since white settlement in Australia, and there were real fears that the current bushfires would push more species and populations to the wall, Prof Dickman said. There was a pretty decent glider population in [Sydneys] Royal National Park, but a fire there in 1994 wiped them out, he said. There was one possible sighting over the past five years, but effectively, theyre gone. Animal welfare agencies are turning to drone technology to gauge the extent of wildlife losses in the wake of the bushfires. NSW rescue group WIRES partnered with tech company Australian UAV yesterday morning to fly drones fitted with infra-red cameras into previously inaccessible areas around Batemans Bay and Mogo. The Ripper Rescue Alliance drones started their operation around 3am optimum time, group co-ordinator Ben Trollope said, for the infra-red cameras to track the heat signature of the wildlife on the ground. The drones covered about 100 hectares, which were extremely burnt out, he said, but they also discovered some unburnt pockets where as many as 20 kangaroos and wallabies were spotted. There were areas where you just think how did that not get destroyed, Mr Trollope said. While the first wave of drones would be equipped with cameras to identify injured wildlife enabling rescue teams to access them more efficiently Mr Trollope said there was also the potential for the drones to drop off water and food to assist wildlife if there were known feeding stations for individual animal populations. WIRES volunteers and wildlife specialists have so far been able to attend to 3300 call outs across NSW, and the organisation has had a years worth of calls from prospective volunteers 700 in the first week of January alone. A majority of the calls weve had here on the [NSW south] coast is for kangaroos. They havent necessarily been directly been hit by the fire, but instead entered the fire zone too soon and have burns to their feet, Kasey Turner from WIRES said. Some of them are so badly affected theres exposed bone, severe infections and thats when we find them laying in random spots. Some have even had maggots infestations in their wounds because theyre at the stage where they cant get up. Its awful. The drone technology pioneered by the Ripper Rescue Alliance may help reveal details about species lost in the wake of the bushfires, as some habitat areas are hard to access, others are still burning, and levels of monitoring vary significantly between states. News Corp contacted environment departments in all states this week for information on wildlife species impacted by the bushfires. Few estimates of death tolls for individual species were provided, but some states had data on the percentages of known habitat area that had been burnt. Federally, an expert panel chaired by Threatened Species Commissioner Dr Sally Box has met twice and determined a series of first actions as well as a list of 50 key threatened species (47 of which are actually plants). The panel will also advise the government on how to spend half of the $50 million initial commitment for wildlife recovery announced by the government last week. Asked yesterday whether she was seeing the need for more funding on top of the $50 million, Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley said: Im seeing a lot of needs. Ms Ley said she wanted to involve local communities in the wildlife recovery process, but warned: Its a marathon not a sprint. While many people have been moved to donate to services looking after injured animals, Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology from Sydney Universitys School of Life and Environmental Sciences, suggested there may be more effective funding priorities. Donations for the injured are well and good, but its probably a bit of a pinprick in the bigger picture, he said. The immediate priority should be to go into the unburnt patches of regions hit by bushfires, particularly areas where threatened species were known to occur, and find out if there are remnant populations that need assistance, he said. Ms Ley said treating injured animals and preserving the habitats of survivors were both worthy tasks. We can and should do both, she said. A primary concern is to protect survivors from feral predators, she said. Prof Dickman said feral cats were a big threat, as they were known to move 15 kilometres from their normal range in order to pick off survivors at the edge of bushfire-ravaged areas. But a cat assassin trap had shown promising results in controlling them, he said. The trap works by flicking a dob of poison-containing gel at cats, who, being fastidious cleaners, then ingest it but because the substance (1080) is native to Australia, local species have a high tolerance for it, Prof Dickman added. Both Prof Dickman and Dr Stuart Blanch from WWF Australia said there was a role for cool-season prescribed burning to help protect native wildlife habitat but both noted the extremely limited conditions in which that was able to be carried out in 2019 owing to hot dry conditions throughout much of the year. The WWF has also called for a two-year moratorium on logging and land clearing as a way of protecting habitats. While experts believe it will take years for some animal populations to bound back, a statistic provided by South Australias Department for Environment and Water might offer some hope. Koalas on Kangaroo Island grew from just 18 individuals introduced in the 1920s to a population that some estimated to be as many as 100,000 individual animals prior to the 2019/20 bushfire season. We are confident that the population can recover from these devastating events, a departmental spokeswoman said.

19.01.2022 This is what our Ripper Rescue Alliance drone pilots see when they are flying at 3 am. They are using infrared cameras on the drones to fly over the bush burnt out by the recent fires at Yaouk in New South Wales. You can see the kangaroos hopping about. If we see an animal who is not moving or moving awkwardly, rescuers go in and attend to the animal. Westpac Little Ripper and AUAV teams were on the ground this week. Westpac Little Ripper Lifesaver Australian UAV WIRES #searchandrescue #westpaclittleripper #dronesforgood #eyesinthesky #infrared #kangaroos #wildlife

18.01.2022 https://www.news.com.au///8a2f5a5be5ecc76db0c77d96e25ecac8

17.01.2022 Our goal is to arm the experts in the field with the best tools available to empower and enhance their capabilities, expand their reach and provide data for actionable insights. #ripperrescuealliance @agronomeye @australian_uav @therippergroup @swoopaero

17.01.2022 Posted @withregram @therippergroup This is Qantas, a joey who is in rehabilitation with his WIRES carer Lorita. He was injured when the fires swept through the South Coast of New South Wales 3 weeks ago. The Ripper Rescue Alliance has partnered with @wireswildliferescue to help rescue more of our precious Australian wildlife. @wireswildliferescue @therippergroup @agronomeye @swoopaero @australian_uav @ripperaviationacademy @westpac #westpaclittleripper #wireswildliferescue #auav #dj #ai #djiglobal #searchandrescue #eyesinthesky #ripperrescuealliance #ripperalliance #dronesforgood @ripperrescuealliance

15.01.2022 Westpac Little Ripper is part of the Ripper Rescue Alliance. This is a group of like minded Australian drone and tech companies who are working together to save... these little guys who have been injured in the recent bushfires with the team from WIRES in New South Wales. Australian UAV WIRES Ripper Rescue Alliance Westpac #westpaclittleripper #dronesforgood See more

15.01.2022 Posted @withregram @westpac Westpac and @wireswildliferescue, continue working with @therippergroup & @ripperalliance, sending drones to bushfire-affected areas, and weve noticed life coming back to even the most severely damaged land. With native animals desperately needing to return home, sprouts of green are giving us new hope. Help when it matters. #ripperalliance #ripperrescuealliance #bushfirerecovery #bushfire #hitech #WIRESwildliferescue #wildliferescue #dronesforgood #searchandrescue #workingtogether #australia #bushfireaction #collaboration #eyesinthesky #uav #rippergroup #auav #agronomeye #swoopaero #RRAWIRESwildliferescue #rescuerecoveryrepair #innovation #technology

13.01.2022 Using drones fitted with infrared cameras the Ripper Rescue Alliance team set out before the dawn and quickly locate animals in fire zone. Once located we work with the WIRES team to guide them in to check the animals are ok. WIRES #dronesforgood #eyesinthesky #wildliferescue #bushfiresaustralia #bushfirerecovery #bushfiresnsw #rescue #kangaroos #mogo #wireswildliferescue #wires #infrared #searchandrescue #wildlife

13.01.2022 Ripper Rescue Alliance members Westpac Little Ripper Little Ripper Lifesaver and Australian UAV featured in 7NEWS Gold Coast on our wildlife rescue activity with WIRES. Westpac

13.01.2022 Channel 9 Today Show - We're up next !

11.01.2022 Were proud to support WIRES who are working with Little Ripper Lifesaver to use drone technology to locate and help animals affected by the bushfires. Help, its what Australians do.

05.01.2022 A good Sunday story...Remember meeting in our post of January 30, Little Qantas, the rescued Eastern Grey Kangaroo joey in the care of our wildlife rescue partner WIRES at Bateman's Bay. During Qantass rehabilitation, Pip(his mum, who WIRES carers Kevin and Lorita also looked after when she was young) has come back to the property every couple of weeks to check on him and given her own time with Kevin and Lorita she seems to understand hes in good hands! Thanks to their ded...icated care including daily bottle feeding and changing his dressings every couple of days since he was rescued Qantas has made an excellent recovery. He now has Qantas corporate coloured bandages (red) on which will be removed in coming weeks. Westpac Qantas Ripper Rescue Alliance Little Ripper Lifesaver #westpaclittleripper #dronesforgood #WIRES #wildliferescue #australianbushfires #kangaroo #AUAV See more

04.01.2022 Meet Bert, the rescued baby wombat from Yaouk in Snowy Monaro. Ripper Rescue Alliance members Australian UAV and Little Ripper Lifesaver have been in the area this week with WIRES and LAOKO. Westpac #westpaclittleripper #ripperrescuealliance #wires #searchandrescue #eyesinthesky #dronesforgood

02.01.2022 Westpac Little Ripper senior pilot, Mark Phillips has been putting in some very early mornings (2 am start!!) this week flying our drones with infrared cameras looking for injured and weakened wildlife following the bushfires. Our team was with our wildlife rescue partners WIRES in Nerriga, Tomboye, Batlow, Talbingo and Laurel Hill areas in New South Wales. Westpac WIRES Little Ripper Lifesaver #ripperrescuealliance #westpaclittleripper #dronesforgood #wildliferescue

02.01.2022 Westpac Little Ripper has gone bush this week with our wildlife rescue partner WIRES to search for animals. The drought had weakened so many animals, and then the devastating bushfires has made recovery a long and arduous process for our wildlife. The teams are locating and checking on our furry friends. Pictured - Senior Westpac Little Ripper pilot Mark Phillips, and Lucy Clark from WIRES. Westpac @therippergroup #westpaclittleripper #searchandrescue #wires #wildlife