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Sean the Koala
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24.01.2022 ’Koala Crusaders' like Meghan need your help to change the laws of nature. Meghan Halverson loved koalas long before she moved to Noosa, Queensland from Niagara... Falls, New York. If you look at a koala straight-on, they're very similar to humans. They have expressions, and something about being in their presence seems ancient and iconic, she explains. But she soon began to realise our world-famous koalas are really, critically in trouble. Meghan now rescues koalas as part of a group she founded called Queensland Koala Crusaders. We get call-outs for koalas hit by cars or attacked by dogs, or suffering stress-induced disease as a result of habitat loss. We just hope that every koala we release has a chance and they're running out of places where they do have chances. Meghan is blunt when it comes to the effectiveness of Australia’s current nature laws. The policies have definitely failed. In the lead-up to the federal election, Meghan is supporting the Wilderness Society’s campaign to address this, with new national laws and an independent body to enforce them. She knows just how important this moment is, and urges all Australians to take action not only for the future of koalas, but for the future of all Australians. You can help Meghan change the laws of nature. Donate now: wilderness.org.au/betheone
24.01.2022 Keep up the pressure! Tell Colac Shire you are cancelling your holiday plans to visit there until this matter is resolved. What Colac Shire needs to understand is that these flying foxes arent Colac's flying foxes to mistreat. They are one mobile east coast colony. Last summer Bairnsdale lost over 2000 flying foxes in one hot day because the East Gippsland Shire removed 1/3 of their preferred roost and they were forced to roost in a popular picnic area in substandard habitat ...Continue reading
20.01.2022 These are quite possibly the two bravest woman I know facing fires bearing down on their home yesterday (after winds whipped around from the cool change) not o...nly their home but also Goongerah Wombat Orphanage. These strong heroic and fiercely independent woman are also part of the Goongerah CFA defending others homes in their tiny Far East Gippsland community. last night was long after receiving a photo via FB from Sharon yesterday showing me one of our released girls had come back to visit, Brook (pictured below when she came into care) has long since grown up and living a life as a wild wombat. visits from wombats are few and far between since the fires and to have the fires turn around yesterday was unbearable to think they had escaped the fires two weeks ago only to have winds whip up and reignite areas already devastated Surrounded by the forest they love and strive to preserve , its a blessing and a curse. when it comes to community spirit they are showing true dedication, Sharon is also a human nurse specialising in palliative care and as I write this post she is waiting with a critically ill neighbour for a air flight out of Goongerah I’m overwhelmed with relief this morning to find out that this little girl might well have survived the last 24 hrs but also that Sharon and Emily are still alive albeit exhausted. im sending this out to everyone asking you to support this amazing mother and daughter team the next few weeks are going to be tough This is the message I recieved from Sharon this morning - Every intake of breath, in my home has a smell of death. Our river and forest is black. There are burrows - blackened- I don’t know who is alive. Brooke photo was sent to share our excitement of seeing her with you. Wombats normally eat grass, roots, leaves, fungi and bark, Yes you read right they eat bark from trees too.But its all gone and they are roaming for food. They turn up knowing the safety of a wildlife shelter looking for food left out to support feed in times of crisis for the animals. .This is real starvation event for our animals but nothing an animal that has got through a fire relatively unscathed cant come back from. Please support Goongerah wombat orphanage so they can purchase the foods they know wombats can eat. either directly Account name Sharon Small, account number 64760207 BSB 923100 or through their go fund me via the facebook page If you are donating from outside of AUstralia the swift code is INGBAU2S See more
18.01.2022 Microbat baby fatal cat attack sadly this little one didn’t stand a chance
14.01.2022 This is Brook -rescued raised rehabilitated in Frankston and then released back to the wild far from here, every now and again she chooses to revisit the amazi...ng shelter operators where she was released. Tonight may be her last night on this earth as a living creature as she has a fire bearing down on the very area that was to allow her to be a wild creature living as nature intended. Take a moment Australia to realise this is a living breathing creature- I had the honour to get to know intimately. Wombats have a sense of humour, a loving side, a mischievous side, they are dirt turners and composters they really are the ultimate biodiversity starter package they eat fungi , leaves & roots which sets off the life in a forest without them biodiversity is lost. Forests are lost and then the thing we need the most the purification of our air will not happen. Take a moment to think of brook tonight tomorrow and the day after as a stressed baby wombat she needed love rehydration and care. She had already had enough stress as a baby after her mother was hit and killed. Wildlife carers provide vital support for our wildlife when they need it the most, do not underestimate the importance of their role in recovery of forests biodiversity and ecosystems. See more
12.01.2022 Its not only us and our stock doing it tough in this drought!
09.01.2022 So let me explain the problems with the wildlife trade without graphic pictures. Imagine your living your life happy swinging in the tree tops or flying or walk...ing through a park. Then a hand grabs you, nets you, darts you or traps you in a way you cant fight back. If you do they hit you with a stick or poke at you and scream at you. You are thrust into a cage-transported away from your family and surrounds you know and feel happy in. You travel through the night and arrive in a noisy place where you see other animals. Animals you would never naturally mix with they smell different from you and some of them given the option would eat you but even they arent thinking of eating they are scared and so scared their stomachs are twisting and turning and they are so scared they are pooing and weeing. You feel the same and as a result without choice you also are peeing and pooing, you are normally clean and would never do this where you would sit but you CAN'T GET AWAY AND YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!. You know you need to stay clean but your getting covered in other animals poo and pee. your panic stricken when the animal in the cage next to you is ripped out of the cage and its head is chopped off right in front of you. Your panic levels are out of control you scream and humans walk past, you try to reach for them but they are as scared of you, as you are of them. The mess and stench of other animals bodily fluids and blood are overwhelming, you start to feel unwell and before you know it your unable to breath. A hand grabs you to kill you , you know this and take your chance to bite in a desperate attempt to get away. They managed to succeed, your lifeless body is there but you got in that one good bite and blood and salivia are mixing. Before they know they are feeling sick, hot, sweaty and they cant breath. A zoonotic disease is born which will eventually become a pandemic. Mixing animals in highly confined areas is totally unnatural, without knowing the affects is frought with danger its how new diseases and viruses evolve. Please stop wet markets and the wildlife trade. Even Australia has a wildlife trade our koalas wallabies anything native is sold overseas to the highest price paid, other zoos that are little more than awful places small cages incorrect food but hey its just an animal if it dies they DO just buy another one. ask our government to stop selling our wildlife overseas koalas deserve to live their life amongst the gum trees free. See more
06.01.2022 Our thoughts and prayers to the Vicpol family for the devastating event that has occurred this evening.
06.01.2022 slow down for our Frankston Koalas PLEASE
03.01.2022 In the wake of yesterday’s evidence of another area in Portland being flattened with koalas displaced -when will this carnage stop? this is NOT GOOD ENOUGH AUSTRALIA
02.01.2022 Fledgling Magpie Season High res image - http://www.magpieaholic.com/found-a-baby-magpie/ If you see me on the ground, hold tight, my parents are likely ...to be somewhere ’round! They may be out collecting my food, or chasing off predators that are likely to intrude! Please give them time, and wait to see, they are extremely likely to return to me. As I wobble and clumsily flutter down to the ground. I’m just learning my bearings of how to get ’round! An exciting new world for me to see. Out of the nest and free as can be! Although I may not yet be able to fly, please don’t worry as I’m bound to get by. I can usually flutter and jump to higher ground. I can also communicate with my parents by emitting a sound. If you see me in immediate danger, please help and don’t be a stranger! If I’m injured, I need your assistance. Call your local animal rescue shelter to help secure my existence! Please don’t be tempted to take us home, and try to raise us on your own. We require experienced care, and a nutritious diet like our parents would prepare. We know you mean well, and truly thank you for caring. But when it comes to raising us, even our parents find it overbearing! If I’m too young and unable to be returned to my nest, (refer to flowchart) here’s something you can try to ensure I progress. Constructing a makeshift nest is easy as can be. Octopus straps, a hanging basket, leaf litter, then securely hang it up in a tree! Make sure to wait until my parents return. If you observe them tending to me, then there is no reason for further concern! If you’re ever in doubt, do not fuss. Ring your local wildlife shelter, and they’ll be able to help us! I apologise for forgetting to include a contact number in the flowchart for Tasmania! TASMANIA - Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary (03) 6268 1184
