Animal Patient Diaries

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

Jo Evans is one of the original founders and pivotal in getting the Centre started back in 2008. As such, there is no one better qualified to talk about volunteering. During her time with Mandurah Wildlife, she has fulfilled a whole range of roles and now, as Chair, is heavily involved in administration and helping to set policy development and vision. Q. 1 - Has volunteering at Mandurah Wildlife positively impacted your mental health or wellbeing? How so? Absolutely. I thin

Fighting to save Australia’s black-and-white birds 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. Black & White disease The sickness has shown up on the east coast and there have been several cases recorded in Perth during last summer, but Mandurah Wildlife has already bee

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...

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.

Without the care of Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, this bird would not have survived.

Is this Terri or Numpty? Posing for Mandurah Wildlife Photo By Chloe Willows A Mysterious Arrival When Terri and Numpty were first...

"They need a Mum" Mandurah Wildlife depends on a network of qualified carers for animals that need a mum. The Western Ringtail Possum, as an infant, requires round the clock nurturing with two-hourly feeds and this is best done in a homecare environment. Possum 'Mum' Sue Morris Sue Morris arrived in Western Australia after a global journey that started in current day Zimbabwe and included the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Tasmania. For the last 25 years, she has cared for wild

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon in Erskine when my wife heard a scratching sound coming from the wood heater flue. Occasionally the...

"Loving Them To Death" As spring approaches and the breeding season begins, Mandurah Wildlife often receives calls about seemingly...

"A Fair Go For Possums" Spare a thought for the often-denigrated possum. Their native habitat has been destroyed by the relentless spread...

Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre has appointed a new Operations Manager.

Some of our volunteers use their time at the Wildlife Centre to gain work experience in their area of study.

Crispy - A bit of a Galah: This poor Galah was electrocuted and lost most of his feathers. However, he is doing well.

The thin blue line: Saving Bobbies who suffer from the flu. Meet our volunteers running the Lizard ICU.