Tag: #WildlifeConservation

Wildlife hospital seeks funding – can you help?

A leading all-species wildlife hospital dependent on donations could close in a month due to uncertain funding and a 70% patient increase driving up veterinary care costs for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife. “The economic climate makes it extremely difficult for charities like ours to raise funds to continue operating,” […]

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF KATERINA SKARBEK – MIXED ANIMAL VETERINARIAN

Welcome back to a Day in the Life – this month we are joining Katerina Skarbek from Somersby Animal Hospital, which is located on the Central Coast of New South Wales. While Somersby Animal Hospital may sound like it is a generic veterinary practice, the reality is anything but – […]

Philanthropic funds contribute to Tasmanian devil vaccine research

Donations made to the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal will be distributed across five research grants this year to fund projects that include the development of a ‘bait’ vaccine. This will differ from the vaccine type developed several years ago that aimed to slow the progression of the facial tumour […]

Green sea turtles face additional threat to survival

Already known to be at risk from warming temperatures that are affecting the ratio of male and female eggs being hatched, a study published recently in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science has found the exposure of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) to heavy metal pollution in their foraging areas […]

Wildlife groups flag concerns ahead of bushfire season

With a hot dry summer predicted, animal welfare organisations in NSW have warned that the risk to animals from bushfires has not been mitigated since the 2019 Black Summer fires.A report by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), released in April 2022, estimated that some three billion animals were killed or […]