Current and upcoming projects

We are always adding new projects as we respond to the requests from Wildlife Carers, Shelters, REscuers and Advocates. Some are short-term, such as submitting to local government about a planning issue that impacts wildlife or a tree planting day. Others are long-term, ongoing endeavours to make our region a safer, healthier and more welcoming home for native Australian species, and to foster mutually beneficial relationships between local communities and the wildlife that share our region.

Browse Gardens for Wildlife in Care

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What is a "Browse Garden"? No, it's not some new style shopping experience set in the botanical gardens (We have that in Ballarat already, at the Saturday Markets in North Gardens  )  BROWSE is what wildlife carers call the leaves, flowers, seeds, grasses, bark and other plant parts that they need to feed hungry animals in care.  We are calling on local gardeners and landowners to help GROW suitable plants to feed  our wildlife while they grow and recover.
Click HERE for more information 

Soft Release
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A safer and less traumatic way for hand-reared orphan animals to transition to living free in the wild. 
Around the world, it is now accepted that the best way for animals that have been away from the Big Wild World for a long time, to return to it once more, is SLOWLY and GRADUALLY, with the human-provided support and security they have become accustomed to, reduced over time, as their independence and survival skills grow. To learn more about how this works, click HERE 

Equipment for rescuers

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Some rescuers are a lot more complex than people expect. Our volunteers get called out at any hour of the day or night, and can find animals in need of help in very strange and often inaccessible places. At times rescuers have needed the help of the local Fire Brigade, plumbers, electricians and various tradies in order to extricate trapped animals. They also need some specialised equipment. 
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Some examples of more obscure equipment needed:

• Thermal imaging gear - for nocturnal rescues

• Endoscope inspection camera - for animals trapped in walls, inside roller doors, down drains etc. Also to welfare check on soft-release animals in nest-boxes

• Climbing and safety gear - some rescues are a bit precarious

• Extendable, portable ladders that can fit inside rescuer's cars, but can extend safely to several metres - many animals needing rescue are up trees

• Silicone or rubber landing nets, in various sizes - for capturing injured or displaced animals safely

• In-car multi-device charger units - Out in the bush, the batteries on vital equipment including torches and mobiles can run out rapidly

• Rechargeable heat pads - to reduce shock in animals during rescue and transportation