Tasmanian Wildlife Rehabilitation Council

25/03/2024

Be part of changing the face of wildlife rehabilitation in Tasmania. Apply to be a board member of WNT and help support volunteers, improve care for wildlife and make Tasmania The Wildlife State.

Wildlife Network Tasmania Inc. (WNT) is actively seeking Non-Executive Directors who have the time, energy and skills to transform the wildlife sector.

22/03/2024

We need to get smarter about managing this issue.

Many measures commonly thought to reduce the toll of animals injured and killed on our roads aren’t effective. But there is evidence to support other solutions.

19/03/2024

Let's do something about the endless roadkill in Tasmania! Our roads are littered with bodies, and wildlife rescuers and carers are under the pump dealing with injured and orphaned animals. There are things that can be done to reduce the number of animals killed and injured, and to support wildlife carers. Where there is a will there is a way, and the Animal Justice Party has the will! Reducing Roadkill is a key election platform of ours. Give a voice to the native wildlife this election, and make the other political parties realise just how many Tasmanians care with a number 1 Vote for the AJP.

14/03/2024

A Deakin University study has shown that people who know little about possums hate them the most. So, possum-haters, listen up.

When young possums leave the maternal den between seven and 16 months of age they enter a big, scary world and many of them don't make it. About 50 per cent of young female possums and 85 per cent of males die in their first year. The high mortality rate is because of a lack of territory; if they can't find an unoccupied patch they often die of stress.

Suburban roofs provide mass public housing for possums. Roofs are important because the urban possum can often be hard-up for a tree hollow. Hollow-seeking possums have been spotted in the Botanic Gardens making do with putting their head in a hole.

If you consider yourself a victim in the possum war, consider this: life ain't often that rosy for them, either. If a possum is relocated, it almost certainly dies.

The brush-tail possum has lost two-thirds of its range since European settlement. They are listed as vulnerable in Western Australia, endangered in the Northern Territory and on the decline in South Australia. [Peter Brown/Ecologist/Possum Expert]

11/03/2024

Thanks to the generous fisherman who are helping this fellow get back to the wild.

The Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital put out a call for mullet for an injured pelican and has been astounded by the community's generosity.

06/03/2024

The mystery continues ... scientists no closer to nailing down what is causing this strange illness.

A mystery paralysis syndrome is afflicting lorikeet populations in south-east Queensland and northern NSW at a rate scientists say they have never seen

04/03/2024

Thank god for wildlife rehabilitators. They play a critical part in the emergency response for natural disasters and should always be considered an essential resource in any plan to deal with these events ... if only the Tasmanian government understood that.

Firefighters have saved lives and towns across Victoria, but the race is now on to rescue wildlife hit hard in burnt forests, including vulnerable koalas.

03/03/2024

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT
While the attached video is indeed heartbreaking we felt it was important to share ... if there was ever any doubt that animals feel emotions, this video blows that doubt out of the water. There is no other word for this than grief.

Wildlife rescuers in Australia captured a devastating scene of a grieving koala who had lost its partner. Learn more.

02/03/2024

Some versatile thinking may help preserve species after fires.

We need every tool at our disposal to stop feral cats and foxes from decimating Australia’s incredible wildlife after fires. Artificial refuges show promise.

01/03/2024

Thank you to the many carers who are continuing to work to save these animals ... proving that the danger persists even after the fire goes out.

More than 285 animals have been euthanased north of Perth as carers scour the scorched and sometimes still smouldering ground for injured wildlife.

29/02/2024

Exciting news from our friends at the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

Australian Platypus Conservancy says ‘it’s remarkable this animal is still doing as well as he is’

28/02/2024

After all this time there is still no comprehensive and coordinated wildlife emergency management plan in place in some states ... Tasmania is a case in point.

As Victorian fires produce fresh reminders of the threat posed to wildlife, rescuers say not enough is being done to identify threatened species before big fires begin.