Injured and orphaned native animals need our help – and that’s where WIRES comes in.
The Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service has been running for over 35 years, helping all sorts of native animals and birds to rehabilitate so they can be returned to the wild. The organisation relies on volunteers who are trained in the correct ways to rescue animals, and can specialise if they want to become a carer of a particular species.
At the WIRES Koala Rehabilitation Facility, based on the University of Western Sydney Campus at Richmond, volunteers work to look after these endangered animals and to get them fighting fit to go back to the bush. Sometimes they are affected by the loss of environment, sometimes they have been hit by cars or injured by dogs.
Like all WIRES rescues, the aim is to get the animals well enough to look after themselves, without humanising them. According to volunteers, the satisfaction of returning and animal to its natural environment is the reward.
If you want to become a WIRES volunteer, go to the WIRES website and sign up. It’s that easy.
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WIRES
@wireswildliferescue
wires.org.au
