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A great site with useful information on Australian native animals, including tips on short term care. |
A fantastic web site with heaps of great information on the Common Wombat. | |
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This is a good search engine for parents wanting a safe internet environment for their children. |
The EDGE of Existence programme aims to conserve the world's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species by implementing the research and conservation actions needed to secure their future. | |
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Heaps of photos of Australian native animals with a feature of one Australian native animal per month. |
This website has some great photos of squirrels, opossums and other adorable critters in care. | |
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This is a site dedicated to wombats. It has loads of links to other wombat related web sites. |
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There are some great success stories on this site, along with some awesome photography. |
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This site has heaps of comprehensive factsheets, and a list of wildlife carers throughout Australia |
"Earth
Sanctuaries are naturally restored environments that offer you the chance to see
rare and endangered Australian wildlife." | |
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Sponsoroo is a program created by Susie and Mark Rowe to encourage interest, education & awareness about kangaroos. |
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Guide
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The Animal World organisation is dedicated to the care and rescue of all animals, both domestic and wild. There are heaps of links to other wildlife sites. | |
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A wildlife carers group near Canberra. This site has some great photos. They also have a great training schedule with some very interesting topics. |
Native Animal Nework Association Based in Nowra NSW, NANA is a wildlife group that covers the area from the Victorian border to Wollongong and out to the Southern Highlands. | |
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Looking After Our Kosciuszko Orphans Web site for Laoko, a wildlife care group in the Snowy Mountains area of NSW. This is a relatively new site continuously growing with new stories and fact sheets. |
Chihuahuan Desert Wildlife Rescue This web site is for a wildlife care group that services the far west of Texas and south central New Mexico. Performing the same job (wildlife care) but with incredibly different animals, like the Armadillo, Iguana and Mountain Lion. Amazing stuff. | |
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This is a fun and educational site all about wombats! The fun side is the comic strip featuring wombie's. The educational side of Wombania are the Wombat Information pages - lots of info on my very favourite animal. |
Future Australia is an Australian library of information and links for creating positive social change in our society and environment. Great site.
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Common Diseases & Parasites in Wildlife This is a fantastic manual with detailed information on diseases, illnesses and parasites in wildlife. It is based on wildlife in Northern British Columbia, but many of the diseases are also found in our wildlife. Well worth a look. |
This site is owned by a wildlife carer in South Australia. Lucky ducks, they get to care for the most adorable Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat! | |
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Headed
by Gail Gipp of the Wildlife Hospital (Wildlife Warriors), Wildcare Australia
is a premier wildlife organisation located in Queensland. |
Raptor and Wildlife Refuge of Tasmania Craig Webb is a wildife carer based in Kettering, Tasmania. Craig specialises in Birds of Prey and there is some great photos of them on his site.
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Pilbara Wildlife Carers Association This groups is based in Western Australia. There is some great photography on this site as well as a great story about the rescue, rehabilitation and release of some Black Swans. |
This group work tirelessly to save koalas that have been injured, are sick or have been orphaned. At this site you can read about the Koala Hospital and some of the patients that have passed through, as well as find a heap of interesting facts about koala's. | |
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Australian Registry of Wildlife Health This is an excellent web site and one that all wildlife carers should bookmark as a favourite. Caring for native animals can be so mysterious, particularly relating to illness and disease as there is not a lot of scientific research on them out there. ARWH is one site that helps to unveil the mystery. At ARWH you will find detailed information on some common diseases in mammals, birds and reptiles, along with photographs to help in identification. A carers best friend! |
This is a non-profit group made up of professional zoo keepers and other interested persons from the Australasian region, dedicated to professional animal care and wildlife conservation. At the site you will find a host of husbandry and care guides covering several of our Australian native animals as well as many other critters from around the world. | |
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Lance Ferris (the Pelican Man!) and Marny Bonner are two very dedicated seabird carers, specializing in Pelicans, but also working with many other marine life species. They started Seabird Rescue some years ago and the organisation has now grown throughout Australia. Great photography of Pelicans and other sea critters at this site. |
Fancy a brush with nature in a beautiful setting? How about a little caving, relaxing on the riverbank, or maybe a spot of fishing? Mountain biking for the energetic, and bush walking too, and there's even stuff for the history nuts! It's all there at Wee Jasper Reserves. | |
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Wildlife Protection Association of Australia WPAA
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This
page from the Department of Sustainability and Environment's website (Victoria)
has some great information detailing how you can cope with swooping birds during
spring time. | |
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The
Wildlife Rescue and Information Network is a wildlife care group located in Bendigo,
Victoria. |
This page from the Department of Sustainability and Environment's website (Victoria) has some great information detailing how you can live successfully with possums. | |
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Northern Tablelands Wildlife Carers Website of the wildlife care group that covers the Armidale to Tenterfield region in NSW. |
Visit The Lost Forests and enter the magical, mystical land of Otherworlds, where endangered and extinct animals from our world go to hide from us humans. | |
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This is a way cool website which teaches the viewer about the teeth of some of our Aussie critters and how we can work out how they live by their teeth. The skull photo's are incredible as they can be rotated to view all angles of the skull. Very interesting stuff. |
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Help save the Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat by visiting this new site and buying up big in the wombat gear section - all proceeds go to the recovery project, a fantastic and very worthwhile cause. |
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Wombat Protection Society of Australia WPSA is a not for profit organisation that has recognised the desperate need to protect all species of wombat. Help them in their cause by becoming a member. The more voices added to theirs - the more we can achieve. |
Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia The society was formed in 1909 with a commitment to preserve and protect our unique Australian wildlife in all its forms. WPSA are one of the oldest conservation societies in Australia and probably one of the oldest in the world. | |
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A site which shares tips on how you can make your fencing friendly for wildlife. |
National Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference
Heaps of quality wildlife resources from the 2007 | |
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Wildlife
Community series that visits
| War of the Wombats - they're cute, cuddly and on a crash-course with extinction...... Watch the show online at the link above. | |
A series of wonderful - and educational - children's books featuring bandicoots by Australian author, Karen Treanor. Site includes photos, stories and information on the bandicoot. | Wombat Awareness Organisation Ltd (WAO) is a non-profit organisation specifically established to raise the public perception and protection of these adorable misunderstood Australians. | |
Western Australian Seabird Rescue Providing care and rehabilitation for coastal Western Australian seabirds. |