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24.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/1000008363132//2762950417076142/

23.01.2022 A special request for Somersby Animal Hospital

22.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/696443224/posts/10157061117468225/

22.01.2022 Food for thought Imagery of orphaned animals interacting with their human carer. Animals returning to the wild from which they came, healthy, strong and free. ...Another chance at life. A wrong that was made right. Experiencing species few see first hand. A positive step for our environment, our planet. Restoring what was once broken. These are the romantic imagery that draws most into wildlife care. Beautiful intentions to do some good, do your bit. Few, if any, are prepared for what the reality really looks like. If there was a catchphrase to sum it all up, it should read ‘prepare for pain’. Even to hear that alone will not adequately enlighten you on what it truely means. How much pain will depend on how deeply you immerse yourself. Let’s start with the animals As I’ve heard countless times before and will hear countless times again Much of what we do is bring about a kinder death It is true. For every beautiful image you see of a touching moment between carer and animal, there has been countless more that tear your heart apart. Cruelty, neglect, indifference, pain, suffering. Broken bones, mangled bodies, cries of agony, eyes filled with fear, mournful sounds as mothers loose their young, the young who loose their mothers. You answer their call but are powerless to help, too much damage. Even if you can fix their bodies the stress can still take their life. Empathetic hearts feel their pain, and the pain of the next and the next and then the next again. Over and over until you think you can’t take anymore. One happy moment, one tiny shred of joy all you grasp hold of to keep you going. The fire that burns inside for all the suffering intensifies after each encounter, begging for an enemy to unleash it on. Who did this? Who’s to blame? Someone must be held to account. From the moment we are born we are taught for every good there is an evil. And sometimes there is an enemy, sometimes the enemy is us. This inferno will be unleashed at some point. We try and try and then try again to fix the cause. With every success comes many failures, feelings of defeat, helplessness as you watch species diminish before your eyes. Someone must be made to suffer. So you turn on your own. Those who walked along side you, comforted you, wiped the tears from your eyes. Shared the sorrow and the pain, helped carry the burden. Things can only implode. ‘We are better, we do things right, we have the answers, the rest need to go. That will fix everything’ And so the war begins. Destroy the others then we will win this battle, animals won’t suffer, we can save them all. The places may change but the story’s the same wherever you go. In the end who wins? Carers? groups?...the animals? Species disappearing, ecosystems collapsing, people in power bleeding the planet dry yet we fight ourselves. It’s a grim image that few would be drawn toward. Like a romantic movie where good conquers evil, happy ever afters versus the reality of life. Why are you here? Why did you start? What did you hope for? It all comes back to one thing...these animals, yes? Or no? Hurt people, hurting people. Sponges absorbing pain and drowning others in it, little wonder we loose people along the way. This is wildlife care, want to join? Maybe, just maybe, one day we can help each other. Saving animals, that’s why we are here right?so how about we do that. Work together. One gesture, one kind word, offer of help, support, a smile, it’s all it could take Build each other up instead of tearing each other down. Let the past be the past. Look at the people and say one thing, just one, about what they do well. Build from there Not one of us can do this alone. If each person has even one thing positive they can do or offer this cause, can we not encourage that and build a team we are all proud to be a part of? For the animals? United we stand, divided we fall Please if you choose to comment, make it positive, I don’t want to hear anymore negativity

22.01.2022 I know this isn’t animal related but worth posting anyway . But I also know that you are all good people here https://www.facebook.com/696443224/posts/10157073332138225/

21.01.2022 Only $1,000 to go. We are going to do this!! Let’s bring it home. You guys rock Hi everyone, this is Jill again, volunteer at Let the Ladies Go. We only have ...another couple of thousand dollars to raise and, with the help of our amazing benefactor we will be able to purchase a bobcat for this fantastic rescue organisation. Please, if you can, make a donation. The difference it will make to the running of Let the Ladies Go will be incredible. Let’s bring this baby home https://donorbox.org/let-the-ladies-go-bobcat-fundraiser

19.01.2022 This is so true lol

19.01.2022 WOW.!!! On this date 7 years ago the Central Coast Wildlife Search and Rescue was first started. It is amazing at what we have done. I am astounded at what we have accomplished and how much people care for our native animals.... I can not thank everyone for the support and encouragement you have given us. If it wasn’t for you we would not be able to do what we do and save the animals that we do. Happy 7 years anniversary to y’all. Von

19.01.2022 I know this is not Wildlife related and those that know me know I don’t usually do this. If you are after a dog or cat bed I highly recommend Pods 4 pets. These bed are amazing. Check them out and your animals will love them.

18.01.2022 This teeny little bat gets SO excited when he can finally fly

18.01.2022 Nest defence is not ‘aggression’ but exactly what it says - a defence. It has nothing to do with ‘anger’ or ‘hatred’ and it is not an undirected, mean or delib...erately nasty behaviour. - Professor Gisela Kaplan It is important to distinguish between ‘swooping’ and attacking. Generally, the word ‘attack’ is used but this often does not accurately explain the purpose of the magpie’s approach. Magpie swooping is usually not meant to make contact or harm the person but to encourage the person to make a wider turn away from the nest. - Professor Gisela Kaplan. Savage magpie attacks are extremely rare, occurring in less than 1% of cases. - Professor Darryl Jones. The most dangerous animal in Australia is an ant, the jumping jack which kills more people annually than crocodiles - Professor Gisela Kaplan.

16.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/696443224/posts/10157262722568225/

13.01.2022 Wow that’s a lot of bats. Our Aussie bats don’t live in caves they live in trees.

13.01.2022 The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) has published some helpful facts about bats and COVID-19 to dispel some of the mis...information and fear being directed at bats during this pandemic. First and foremost, there is no evidence that bats directly infected humans with COVID-19. Scientific investigations are pointing to a chain of events that may have involved bats at some stage, but most likely only through an intermediate animal. It is important to remember that bats provide enormous benefits including pollination, seed dispersal, and pest control. Many bat species are in serious trouble and need our help to ensure their survival. Culling bats will not have any impact on the spread of COVID-19, but would devastate bat populations and ecosystems around the world. Click here to read the full notification from CMS: https://bit.ly/2USyCHZ

11.01.2022 Here's why bats are the best.

10.01.2022 How can you not fall in love with George the baby womabt? Via Australian Reptile Park

09.01.2022 In awe of this incredible image of mother grey-headed flying-fox, in flight, with pup on board. Currently it's birthing season for grey-headed and black flying...-foxes. Please phone in any flying-fox you see in unusual predicaments If you see a flying-fox alone in the day-time or injured any time, please don't touch but immediately call your local wildlife rescue organisation. Here on the Central Coast NSW this is Wildlife ARC 02) 4325 0666 or WIRES 13000 WIRES #greyheadedflyingfox #vulnerable #threatenedspecies #flyingfox #protectthemorlosethem #keystonespecies #biodiversity #pollinators #seeddispersers #beautifulanimals #Australianwildlife #lovebats #CentralCoastAustralia Doug Gimesy

08.01.2022 Please remember to check the pouches of our deceased marsupial wildlife. This little ringtail possum was brought in by a wonderful wildlife carer after it's mot...her passed away. Lucky this little one will now be raised in the safety of a professional wildlife carer to one day be returned to the wild.

07.01.2022 Today is National Threatened Species Day ... so let’s all do something for our unique wildlife and forests today to show our respect Photo courtesy: Tame and Wild Studios

05.01.2022 Consider this: if your day includes soap, shampoo, cosmetics, a toothbrush and toothpaste, coffee, margarine, paper or ink, cushions, wood furniture, fuel or lu...bricating fluids, rope or twine, timber, boats or canoes, ornamental trees, life saving medicines, air fresheners, candles, rubber, chewing gum, spices, vegetables, fruits, chocolate or even margaritas or beer, you are not only involved with bats, you are dependent upon bats. Bats date back approximately 50 million years but they have been maligned for decades and viewed as pests because it was believed they would get tangled in your hair, suck your blood, and the odd bat would occasionally turn into Count Dracula. The truth of the matter is that they have long played essential roles in our lives and their loss today would compromise the health and stability of our environment. Despite fables and myths about their demeanor and eyesight, bats are gentle and clean by nature, grooming their bodies about one third of the day. Bats are not blind, nor do they want to get tangled in your hair. If a bat swoops down toward a human, it is hunting the bug that is hunting you. It is not interested in your hair. The majority of bats can see as well as you or I and some see better than us because they can see in total darkness. Mega bats see in full color while micro bats see in black and white. Most bats are also equipped with a sophisticated built-in sonar system that allows them to navigate through total darkness. Their unique echolocation ability surpasses current scientific understanding and on an amp-by-amp, gram-per-gram valuation they are literally millions of times more efficient than any similar system developed by humans. Amazed? Well there's more, so hang onto your measuring cups, sit down with your favorite beverage and keep reading. Bats are not flying mice nor are they even remotely related to rodents. Because of their unique abilities and appearance, scientists have placed them in a group all their own - Chiroptera, which means hand-wing because a bat's wings are simply elongated fingers that are covered with a delicate skin membrane to form a flight surface. Bats are the only flying mammal. There are nearly 1,100 different species of bats, found everywhere except the most extreme polar regions, but only 46 of those species reside in the United States and of those 46 species, 56% are endangered or are official candidates for the list. About seventy percent of all bats are insect eaters that feed on a tremendous diversity of bugs including the pests that consume the crops we need to survive. Each bat is capable of eating a whopping 5,000 insects per night. The 20 million bats (the single largest warm blooded mammal colony population on earth) that roost at Bracken Cave in Texas eat 200 tons of insects each summer evening. Bats eat crop pests that cost farmers billions of dollars annually, thereby keeping down prices at the market place. About thirty percent of bats eat fruit or nectar (although there are a few fish eating and frog eating bats, and three vampire bats, but that's another story). Bats pollinate or disperse the seeds of many valuable plants and trees including wild banana, avocado, date, fig, mango, eucalyptus and balsa wood just to name a few. Some fruit bats are called flying foxes because of their fox-like faces. The largest of them is about the size of a small house cat but some fruit bats are extremely tiny. It is the fruit bats that are responsible for 98% of the reforestation of the world's rain forests (the lungs of our planet). Without fruit bats we would lose entire forests without felling a single tree. As a tribute to these little agricultural vacuum cleaners in the sky, controllers of fruit flies, dispersers of seeds, and pollinators of products we both need and desire, Bat Appreciation was created. We are eternally grateful to bats for protecting, pollinating and preserving this planet. #SaveTheBats #BatsAreAmazing

05.01.2022 BABY KOALA PLAYTIME! We may be used to seeing koalas dozing peacefully in trees, but it turns out their joeys have plenty of energy to burn! MORE: https://bit.ly/3i4Prsj

04.01.2022 FYI if any of you great people need toilet paper apparently office works have some