Animal Patient Diaries

We were honoured to be invited to 2026 Mandurah Bridge Club Charity Day, to introduce Mandurah Wildlife to their members. Before the packed room settled into a day of playing Bridge, Board Member, Jane Danzi, spoke to the bridge players about the importance of wildlife care and the lifesaving work their donations would support at the Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. A week later Jane was delighted to be invited back to be presented with the funds raised – a donation

Being located in a natural bush setting and needing to provide Browse to the animals in our care, our site needs constant maintenance to deal with the build up of branches, leaf matter and dead browse.

The Mandurah Wildlife Centre receives large numbers of ducklings each year, that have lost their parents. For this reason we installed anew Duckling Wing, funded by Lisa Munday MLA.

The amazing story of a Tawney Frogmouth found half-death, caught between two fence post, but with a lot of help from community members it is now ready to be released into the wild again.

During the quieter winter months, when wildlife admissions are lower, we focus on maintaining and improving our facilities, work that is difficult to undertake during the busy spring and summer seasons. However, with animal care and administration already filling most of our volunteers' available hours, finding the time and physical assistance to complete these essential projects is always a challenge. We were therefore delighted to welcome a team of Alcoa Volunteers, who gen

Murphy’s Irish Pub raised funds for Mandurah Wildlife during the month of January. Every Friday during January, they held a meat raffle with proceeds accumulating until at the end of the month they presented Board members with an impressive donation of $2,212. We are deeply grateful for the ongoing support of Murphy’s Irish Pub, who have been raising funds for Mandurah Wildlife for many years. We look forward to many more and thank all staff and patrons for their life savin

As I write this story, my 75th birthday is hurtling towards me with indecent haste. I mention this because as you will see it has some relevance to this story. For the past three springs, for a period of three to four weeks, my wife and I have been lucky enough to look after a friends rural property in the Margaret River area whilst they take their annual holiday. The property in question is Two Blind Cows (twoblindcows.com.au) which is about 120 acres and features four glamp

Follow the adventure of a Hitchhiking Possum

With durable, high-quality nesting boxes for species displaced by land clearing and development, WA Nest Boxes meets a growing demand for habitat solutions.

Did you know that Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is 100% volunteer run? Volunteers work in a wide range of roles covering wildlife care, gardening, maintenance, cleaning, education, management, fundraising, administration and governance. This year Mandurah Wildlife was a very grateful recipient, of an International Volunteers Day grant, from Volunteering WA and Lottery West. This grant gave us the opportunity to celebrate our volunteers and come together as a commu

Growing Fast and Deeply Rooted in Community and Conservation Hayes Tree Care is the new Gold Sponsor of Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and when I pulled into their premises, my first thought was simple: ‘this is a substantial operation’. The yard was lined with cherry pickers, mulchers, and trucks - serious equipment that suggested decades of growth. So you can imagine my surprise when owners Nick and Leona Hayes told me the business was founded only four years ago,

The Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is pleased to recognise Alcoa for its long-standing and highly valued support. This enduring relationship continues to play a critical role in enabling the Centre to deliver essential wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services across the Peel region. Critical Support for the Rehabilitation of Native Wildlife As the Centre’s principal Sponsor, Alcoa provides consistent financial support that directly underpins the feeding, treatment

The joy of helping native wildlife rehabilitate, as a volunteer at Mandurah Wildlife.

A mystery illness is afflicting black and white birds throughout Australia, especially Magpies and Currawongs. In response, the Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is using an interesting technique to help at least some of the birds back to health.

Meet the 'Man of the trees' Clint, who has started his own research to determine the best way to rehabilitate black Cockatoos.

They come for the animals but stay for the people. In every aviary, kitchen shift, and wildlife call, bonds are quietly forged. This week, our dedicated volunteer writer Howard Priestley talks to Fiona Smith about what it means to feel part of something bigger, where care extends beyond wildlife to the humans who walk beside them.

Mandurah Wildlife Centre Volunteers Trying Their PPE On. Workshop Attendance Several supervisors and the Centre Manager attended a workshop organised by Murdoch University in concert with the Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development aimed at informing interested parties on preparing for an Avian Flu outbreak in Australia. Current Status of Avian Flu Australia and New Zealand remain the only landmasses on the planet currently free of this highly contagious viru

Goodwill is a rare and invaluable resource—one that Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre (MWRC) depends on entirely to save and heal injured wildlife before returning them to the wild. Without the generosity of volunteers, donors, and sponsors, this life-saving work simply wouldn’t be possible.

The Peel Inlet is classified as a wetland of global significance, because as Rachel Olsen of WA Seabird Rescue explained, it attracts migrat

As new suburbs replace native bushland, trees are cleared to maximize profits in high-density developments. Rapid loss of habitat kills many native animals.