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25.01.2022 We get a few calls about these little guys. Read below some awesome information on why we ask you to leave them alone unless they are in danger!

24.01.2022 Today is a day very close for all of us here at the rescue. Every day is R U Okay day to us and knowing what to say next is extremely important in helping those around you out in their time of need! Please keep your mates and family close and always ask them if you think anything feels different about them!

23.01.2022 Another awesome snake relocation today of a beautiful Common Tree Snake! Without your support, we couldn't do this and with the snake catching fee or fuel donation you give, we would not be able to do what we do! Did you know our fee (if there is one) cover's the care for all the wildlife we rescue and care for? ... With any amount, it can go towards milk for joeys, whether that be possums or macropods (kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, etc), birdlife and more. It also helps us get medical supplies to help rehydration, renourishment, heart stress events (bats), immediate first aid and getting animals to specialist vets or carers! Thanks again to those who've given us a review, it really does help us be the best we can be!

23.01.2022 Hey Everybody As you all know, there is Heaps of traffic on the road at the moment, which means our wildlife are suffering the consequences and getting struck by vehicles, etc. This afternoon, I pulled 9 female Wallaby's off the road, and 4 had alive joeys.... I'm a licensed and permitted wildlife carer in the district, and would love for you all to take the time IF SAFE TO DO SO and check pouches for live young. It can take up to a week for a joey to die in the pouch of its dead mum and I hope the thought of that may be able to inspire you to check for baby's... They die a slow, Traumatic and cruel death, and no animal deserves that! I can be contacted anytime of the day or night on 0497630629. Thanks everybody!

22.01.2022 How beautiful is our aussie landscapes with it's flora and fauna! These were taken on our journey to Julia Creek, which is located 7 hours (642 km's) inland from Townsville or 5hrs (461km's) from the Northern Territory border. Inland Queensland is home to our largest Kangaroo species, being the Red Kangaroo. Have you been out for a roadtrip and saw some of our wildlife? Or do the wildlife come to your house? We'd love to hear your stories!... To report marine animal strandings, call the Department of Environment and Science on 1300 130 372. A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) officer in the relevant region will be contacted with your information and will determine the appropriate response. *Remember, if you believe an animal is in distress or needs help, please give us a call and if you have a snake in your yard, pick up your phone and not the shovel! We'll be over there to relocate it to a better environment at a moments notice.* Mob: 0400 339 184

22.01.2022 Poisoning in Possums A few days ago our rescuers responded to a call for a mother Brushtail Possum and her back young sitting in a garden bed in the middle of... the day. It was reported the joey was bright and alert, however Mum appeared lethargic and barely moving. The caller was able to easily pick up the possum and place her in a cardboard box. This is not usually an easy task to accomplish with a wild healthy Brushtail, and along with the possum grounded in the middle of the day, meant something wasn't right. Sadly, many Brushtail Possums fall victim to rat bait toxicity as was the case with the beautiful female who lost her life moments after this photo was taken. She displayed many of the clinical signs of rat bait toxicity such as a pale nose and lips, cold foot pads and was extremely weak and wobbly. Rat bait poisoning is highly treatable if the animal receives veterinary attention in time. For this mother Brushtail, sadly her condition was beyond treatment Rat baits contain anticoagulants which inhibit the clotting enzyme in the body causing a slow and painful death for all animals - wild, pet animals as well as pest rodents. What makes scenarios such as this even more painful to grapple with is that it is avoidable. Please don't place rat baits out for any creature. Native birds of prey have also fallen victim due to secondary poisoning from eating rats and mice that had ingested these harmful baits. There are more humane ways such as live traps to remove rodents from your property. Please do not use rat baits because the outcome is devastating

20.01.2022 Croc Nests! Did you know.... Mumma crocs scrape up grasses, reeds, and river vegetation with their back legs to make into a big mound nest right next to the water. ... They lay between 30 to 50 eggs every year - though the biggest nest I've seen is 92 eggs! The mumma guards the nest for months, never leaving to hunt or take time off, and defending the whole area from pigs, monitor lizards and other crocs. She uses her sensitive snout to check the temperature of the nest, often moving material on or off to keep perfect temp (29-33c). After 86 to 90 days, the baby crocs, using an "egg tooth" that develops at the end of the snout, push their way through the egg, crawl up through the vegetation and emerge out of the nest to their waiting mumma. Most of the time, mumma crocs will return year on year (in late spring and summer) to the exact same place, to build onto the same nest and do it all over again. Gotta give credit where credits due - Crocs, when protecting their nest, are great mothers...and are the deadliest animals around! Fun fact - The sex of a baby Croc is determined by the temperature inside the nest. 29-31c develops mostly girl crocs and 31-33c develops mostly boy crocs. The technical name for this is Temperature Dependent Sex Determination. How cool! Damien Cowan

20.01.2022 Remember me? ... Freddie the Fruit Bat? I am a threatened species, a Grey Headed Flying Fox, and some of that unsafe (soon to be illegal) fruit tree netting cau...ght me in early May (pik 3). My left foot was injured, luckily nothing else. Well, anyway, my carers and I waited for ages for my foot to heal, but it did not. So, my sore toe was amputated. Thank you to Dr Sarah and Family Vet Centre it went very well and after 10 days, I am now able to use my left leg properly - have a look at me getting some rays this afternoon! (piks 4 and 5). I now need some time to build up my muscles again (having to fly up to 50 kms some nights you know!) so I am headed to a flight training facility (sounds like fun!) with this motley crew of wounded bats (see the last pik 6). Thanks for your support and see you in the night sometime! I could be anywhere along the East Coast of Australia, so the only way you will know it's me for sure is to look at my left foot with one toe missing. Hey ... remember, please destroy all that dangerous fruit tree netting, we don't eat too much. There is safe netting you can get now, just ask for it. Ciao!

18.01.2022 We get a lot of questions for what wildlife we actually do and the most asked question is if we relocate snakes. We are proud to have a very dedicated snake catcher under us and he just happens to be our President, being the one and only Snakefella Jake, of whom most locals know. So, if you do encounter a snake at your residence or business, pick up the phone and not the shovel, give us a call and even if we cannot make it, we have many contacts that may be able to or we'll... give you all the advice you need to mitigate any risk to pets and family. Here's a relocation we did from the Black River area and was safely relocated elsewhere.

18.01.2022 Nothing could be more true than that!

18.01.2022 This is the story of Gumps tale, the story of a human wildlife conflict FAIL. A lady called Gump called Forest creek her home, and that’s where once she did r...oam. But her home was to close to where we launch our boat, Though we have crocodile warning signs, not all take note. So one day she’s swimming near the ramp for all to see, Someones says That crocs a little too close for me I say I put my boat in every day, I just be aware You’re in croc country so take care. Just don’t stand in the water or leave your fish scraps there, It’s croc country just be aware. It’s no problem you see, Just be careful when in croc country. But the person did complain and demand something done, You can’t have this you’ll have to catch this one ! For 15 years I had watched my girl Gump and there was nothing I could do. But often Gump I do think of you. I did go visit her in her jail, And cried the tears of an Epic wildlife conflict fail. For Gump didn’t know boat ramps were a forbidden place , This river here was once all her space. I read there’s 715 000 people that crocs have to share their habitat with up here, And ALL that hate and ALL that fear. And all those folks thats say crocs belong in the wild places, Not these human occupied spaces! But where is this ‘wild’ as we humans continue on our spread, It doesn’t exist we’re going to have to coexist instead. So when in croc country just be croc wise, Don’t be the one who cries, Don’t be the one to complain, We can coexist if ya just use your brain. Education not eradication. Miss you my fair skinned beautiful Gump.

17.01.2022 Some very timely advice from the RSPCA about rubbish and things left around households!

17.01.2022 It is vitally important that you call a wildlife carer or drop the animal off at a vet, so that it has the best chance of survival and can get the experienced care it needs to be able to be re-released into the wild. *Remember, if you believe an animal is in distress or needs help, please give us a call and if you have a snake in your yard, pick up your phone and not the shovel! We'll be over there to relocate it to a better environment at a moments notice.* Mob: 0497 630 629 *To report marine animal strandings, call the Department of Environment and Science on 1300 130 372. A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) officer in the relevant region will be contacted with your information and will determine the appropriate response.*

17.01.2022 For those who don't know much about or have heard tales about our awesome flying foxes, here is a very decently put together article put together by the ABC!

17.01.2022 Have you been hearing about the dispersals around Cairns, Charters Towers and Townsville? Here's a debate against dispersals/ culling from one of our members! What are your thoughts?

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15.01.2022 Have you had us drop by to help with a snake or one of our amazing wildlife? We'd love to hear what you thought of us and how we did! If you have a spare moment, please click the link and tell us how we did! You can also review us here on Facebook by going to our page and leaving a review there!

12.01.2022 Such a sad and emotional time for those who were effected and are still affected to this day.

12.01.2022 Just hangin' A recently rescued young Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) hangs off the t-shirt of a wildlife rescuer and carer. Endemic to Australi...a, Grey-headed Flying-foxes are vitally important for native seed dispersal and pollination, feeding on over 100 species of flowering trees, fleshy-fruited trees and liana. In a single night, a Grey-headed Flying-fox can travel over 40 kilometres, pollinating trees and spreading up to 60,000 seeds as it goes. Over a year, they can travel up to an incredible 2,500 kms. With the recent bushfires, they are now more important than ever in helping with native forest regeneration. Misunderstood by many people and now listed as vulnerable, key threats to their existence include habitat destruction, camp disturbance, inappropriate fruit-tree netting and increasing climate change driven heat stress events. NB This was taken whilst on assignment for the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife #flyingfox #fruitbat #greyheadedflyingfox #animalwelfare #wildlife #naturephotography #animalwelfarephotography #wildlifephotography #conservationphotography International League of Conservation Photographers ILCP Nature Picture Library

11.01.2022 We are a huge supporter of our nocturnal pollinators, without these guys our forests would be very dismal at best and we would rely very heavily on bees and birds to get right to the top of trees. Most of our trees native trees flower at night when birds and bees are asleep. So if you do see one injured or a pup (baby) left on its own. Please give us a call, with the fires and other disasters we've had, these guys are our best bet for getting the forests australia wide back on their feet to their full potential! For your own safety please do not touch or try to handle any bat. While the risk of disease is small you should always call a wildlife service to come out, as we are vaccinated against anything they may have and are trained to handle them!

11.01.2022 *UK Animal Rescue* Such a sad thing to happen to such an awesome little creature.

08.01.2022 It's that season again! We can't wait to see all the little ones running around everywhere. We thought we'd share some awesome information!

07.01.2022 Some awesome facts about one of Australia's coolest animals.

06.01.2022 Be sure to ask to join our group to learn about all of Townsville's localised wildlife and of course Australia's Wildlife! You can also ask us about any Animalia or even ask for an ID as well!!

06.01.2022 This is very sad.

05.01.2022 Good afternoon everyone! Hope you have all been well. Just thought we'd give you a quick update. Recently our phone number has changed, we have just changed over all our website and social media platforms to adjust for this but if you have it written down somewhere or you have one of our business cards, it has changed to 0400339184. Thank you everyone for your support and to the amazing people who have been calling us for wildlife, we greatly appreciate your help and it has helped soo many of our wildlife!

04.01.2022 Another bat rescue today, with dispersal methods being used by councils, more and more pups are coming into care as the mothers are unable get to their young or for some reason they become orphaned during the night when their mum becomes entangled on barbed wire, power lines or netting or in some cases killed by human intervention. If you find an injured or sick bat, or a bat hanging close to the ground during daytime, DO NOT touch it, please call 1300 ANIMALS or call your local wildlife rescue. If you're in Townsville or surrounding areas, that's us! #bats #mammals #wildliferescues #aussie #wildlife #animals #animalrescue #batrescue #flyingfox #saveourtrees #native #snakefella #snakefellawildliferescue #wildlifeconservation #wildlifelovers #wildlifecarers #townsvillelocal #townsvillebusiness #townsvilleshines #townsville

03.01.2022 With an estimated population of around 2,000 left in the wild, we really need to be cautious around the areas the inhabit. Especially when there are our best ground dwelling rainforest seed distributors!

03.01.2022 Such an important message from a Wildlife carer from the US!