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 […]
Saving Tasmania’s handfish
A fundraising appeal was launched in December aimed at supporting the work of researchers from the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, CSIRO, and the University of Sydney in their effort to save Tasmania’s endangered handfish species from extinction. The Tasmanian state government committed $10,000 towards the Handfish Conservation Project, […]
$1 million raised for devil research
In March the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal announced the winners in its latest round of grants and scholarships that will contribute towards research designed to combat the fatal facial tumour disease that has ravaged the species in the wild since the mid-1990s. More than $375,000 has been awarded this […]
Vet set to cross Antarctica with ‘boob-sled’
Greencross Robina vet Geoff Wilson will swap the latex gloves for three inch-thick gauntlets when he sets off on a gruelling 3300 kilometre trek across Antarctica next month. Geoff is attempting to become the first Australian to cross the Antarctic continent solo and unassisted – a journey which he plans […]