Russell Crowe has helped save the life of an injured kookaburra in Queensland. The academy award winner donated an unknown amount to Australia Zoo to facilitate the purchase of an endoscope required to save the bird which had swallowed a fishing hook.
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Australian musician Warren Ellis has provided financial backing to a sanctuary dedicated to the protection of Indonesian wildlife. The Dirty Three/Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds member’s support has enabled the expansion of the Sumatran Wildlife Centre, a facility for the rehabilitation of victims of the illegal wildlife trade established by veterinary paramedic Femke den […]
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RSPCA Australia’s chief scientist and strategy officer, Bidda Jones, was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards. Jones began working for the RSPCA in 1996, shortly after arriving in Australia from the UK, and has been a leader in the organisation’s successful efforts to expand its […]
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Researchers at The University of Queensland are investigating the benefits of essential oils for animal welfare, productivity and sustainability in the Australian chicken meat industry. “The most critical period in a broiler chick’s life is the first hours after hatching,” nutritional chemosensing scientist and former veterinarian, Eugeni Roura, from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and […]
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Veterinarians are included in a list of prioritised skilled migrants by the Department of Home Affairs, which will grant urgent processing to the profession. The Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) recognises 19 critical occupations needed to assist Australia’s economic recovery amid the global pandemic, with vets joined by others including GPs, nurses, software engineers, […]
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